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42 U.S.C. § 296a — Application
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**(a) In general** To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under this subchapter, an eligible entity shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application that meets the requirements of this section, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
**(b) Plan** An application submitted under this section shall contain the plan of the applicant for carrying out a project with amounts received under this subchapter. Such plan shall be consistent with relevant Federal, State, or regional program plans.
**(c) Performance outcome standards** An application submitted under this section shall contain a specification by the applicant entity of performance outcome standards that the project to be funded under the grant or contract will be measured against. Such standards shall address relevant national nursing needs that the project will meet, and how such project aligns with the goals in [section 296e(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section296e/a&num=0&edition=prelim). The recipient of a grant or contract under this section shall meet the standards set forth in the grant or contract application.
**(d) Linkages** An application submitted under this section shall contain a description of the linkages with relevant educational and health care entities, including training programs for other health professionals as appropriate, that the project to be funded under the grant or contract will establish.
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**(a) In general** To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under this subchapter, an eligible entity shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application that meets the requirements of this section, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
**(b) Plan** An application submitted under this section shall contain the plan of the applicant for carrying out a project with amounts received under this subchapter. Such plan shall be consistent with relevant Federal, State, or regional program plans.
**(c) Performance outcome standards** An application submitted under this section shall contain a specification by the applicant entity of performance outcome standards that the project to be funded under the grant or contract will be measured against. Such standards shall address relevant national nursing needs that the project will meet, and how such project aligns with the goals in [section 296e(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section296e/a&num=0&edition=prelim). The recipient of a grant or contract under this section shall meet the standards set forth in the grant or contract application.
**(d) Linkages** An application submitted under this section shall contain a description of the linkages with relevant educational and health care entities, including training programs for other health professionals as appropriate, that the project to be funded under the grant or contract will establish.
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As used in this subchapter:
(1) **Eligible entities** — The term “eligible entities” means schools of nursing, nursing centers, academic health centers, State or local governments, and other public or private nonprofit entities determined appropriate by the Secretary that submit to the Secretary an application in accordance with [section 296a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section296a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **School of nursing** — The term “school of nursing” means an accredited (as defined in paragraph 6) collegiate, associate degree, or diploma school of nursing in a State where graduates are—
(A) authorized to sit for the National Council Licensure EXamination-Registered Nurse (NCLEX–RN); or
(B) licensed registered nurses who will receive a graduate or equivalent degree or training to become an advanced education nurse as defined by [section 296j(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section296j/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Collegiate school of nursing** — The term “collegiate school of nursing” means a department, division, or other administrative unit in a college or university which provides primarily or exclusively a program of education in professional nursing and related subjects leading to the degree of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of nursing, or to an equivalent degree, or to a graduate degree in nursing, or to an equivalent degree, and including advanced training related to such program of education provided by such school, but only if such program, or such unit, college or university is accredited.
(4) **Associate degree school of nursing** — The term “associate degree school of nursing” means a department, division, or ot
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**(a) Awarding of grants and contracts** The Secretary shall ensure that grants and contracts under this subchapter are awarded on a competitive basis, as appropriate, to carry out innovative demonstration projects or provide for strategic workforce supplementation activities as needed to address national nursing needs, including—
(1) addressing challenges, including through supporting training and education of nursing students, related to the distribution of the nursing workforce and existing or projected nursing workforce shortages in geographic areas that have been identified as having, or that are projected to have, a nursing shortage;
(2) increasing access to and the quality of health care services, including by supporting the training of professional registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and advanced education nurses within community based settings and in a variety of health delivery system settings; or
(3) addressing the strategic goals and priorities identified by the Secretary and that are in accordance with this subchapter.
Contracts may be entered into under this subchapter with public or private entities as determined necessary by the Secretary.
**(b) Information requirements**
(1) **In general** — Recipients of grants and contracts under this subchapter shall meet information requirements as specified by the Secretary.
(2) **Evaluations** — The Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure the annual evaluation of programs and projects operated by recipients of grants under this subchapter. Such procedures shall ensure that continued funding for such programs and projects will be conditioned upon the reporting of data and information demonstrating that satisfactory progress has been made by the program or project in meeting the perf
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 296a
REPORTS BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Pub. L. 107–205, title II, § 204, Aug. 1, 2002, 116 Stat.
818, provided that:
‘‘(a) NATIONAL VARIATIONS.—Not later than 4 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 1,
2002], the Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a survey to determine national variations
in the nursing shortage at hospitals, nursing homes,
and other health care providers, and submit a report,
including recommendations, to the Congress on Federal
remedies to ease nursing shortages. The Comptroller
General shall submit to the Congress this report de-
scribing the findings relating to ownership status and
associated remedies.
‘‘(b) HIRING DIFFERENCES AMONG CERTAIN PRIVATE EN-
TITIES.—The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a study to determine differences in the
hiring of nurses by nonprofit private entities as com-
pared to the hiring of nurses by private entities that
are not nonprofit. In carrying out the study, the Comp-
troller General shall determine the effect of the inclu-
sion of private entities that are not nonprofit in the
program under section 846 of the Public Health Service
Act [42 U.S.C. 297n]. Not later than 4 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 1, 2002], the
Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress a re-
port describing the findings of the study.
‘‘(c) NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall conduct an evaluation of
whether the program carried out under section 846(d) of
the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 297n(d)] has de-
monstrably increased the number of applicants to
schools of nursing and, not later than 4 years after the
date of the enactme
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