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42 U.S.C. § 254q — Authorization of appropriations
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations** For the purpose of carrying out this section,11 So in original. Probably should be “subpart,”. there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following:
(1) For fiscal year 2010, $320,461,632.
(2) For fiscal year 2011, $414,095,394.
(3) For fiscal year 2012, $535,087,442.
(4) For fiscal year 2013, $691,431,432.
(5) For fiscal year 2014, $893,456,433.
(6) For fiscal year 2015, $1,154,510,336.
(7) For fiscal year 2016, and each subsequent fiscal year, the amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal year adjusted by the product of—
(A) one plus the average percentage increase in the costs of health professions education during the prior fiscal year; and
(B) one plus the average percentage change in the number of individuals residing in health professions shortage areas designated under [section 254f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254f&num=0&edition=prelim) during the prior fiscal year, relative to the number of individuals residing in such areas during the previous fiscal year.
**(b) Scholarships for new participants** Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall obligate not less than 10 percent for the purpose of providing contracts for—
(1) scholarships under this subpart to individuals who have not previously received such scholarships; or
(2) scholarships or loan repayments under the Loan Repayment Program under section 254l–1 of this title to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
**(c) Scholarships and loan repayments** With respect to certification as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or physician assistant, the Secretary shall, from amounts
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations** For the purpose of carrying out this section,11 So in original. Probably should be “subpart,”. there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following:
(1) For fiscal year 2010, $320,461,632.
(2) For fiscal year 2011, $414,095,394.
(3) For fiscal year 2012, $535,087,442.
(4) For fiscal year 2013, $691,431,432.
(5) For fiscal year 2014, $893,456,433.
(6) For fiscal year 2015, $1,154,510,336.
(7) For fiscal year 2016, and each subsequent fiscal year, the amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal year adjusted by the product of—
(A) one plus the average percentage increase in the costs of health professions education during the prior fiscal year; and
(B) one plus the average percentage change in the number of individuals residing in health professions shortage areas designated under [section 254f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254f&num=0&edition=prelim) during the prior fiscal year, relative to the number of individuals residing in such areas during the previous fiscal year.
**(b) Scholarships for new participants** Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall obligate not less than 10 percent for the purpose of providing contracts for—
(1) scholarships under this subpart to individuals who have not previously received such scholarships; or
(2) scholarships or loan repayments under the Loan Repayment Program under section 254l–1 of this title to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
**(c) Scholarships and loan repayments** With respect to certification as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or physician assistant, the Secretary shall, from amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, obligate not less than a total of 10 percent for contracts for both scholarships under the Scholarship Program under section 254l of this title and loan repayments under the Loan Repayment Program under section 254l–1 of this title to individuals who are entering the first year of a course of study or program described in section 254l(b)(1)(B) of this title that leads to such a certification or individuals who are eligible for the loan repayment program as specified in section 254l–1(b) of this title for a loan related to such certification.
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**(a) Conditions necessary for assignment of Corps personnel to area; contents of application for assignment; assignment to particular facility; approval of applications**
(1) The Secretary may assign members of the Corps to provide, under regulations promulgated by the Secretary, health services in or to a health professional shortage area during the assignment period only if—
(A) a public or private entity, which is located or has a demonstrated interest in such area makes application to the Secretary for such assignment;
(B) such application has been approved by the Secretary;
(C) the entity agrees to comply with the requirements of [section 254g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254g&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(D) the Secretary has (i) conducted an evaluation of the need and demand for health manpower for the area, the intended use of Corps members to be assigned to the area, community support for the assignment of Corps members to the area, the area’s efforts to secure health manpower for the area, and the fiscal management capability of the entity to which Corps members would be assigned and (ii) on the basis of such evaluation has determined that—
(I) there is a need and demand for health manpower for the area;
(II) there has been appropriate and efficient use of any Corps members assigned to the entity for the area;
(III) there is general community support for the assignment of Corps members to the entity;
(IV) the area has made unsuccessful efforts to secure health manpower for the area;
(V) there is a reasonable prospect of sound fiscal management, including efficient collection of fee-for-service, third-party, and other appropriate funds, by the entity with respect
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When used in this chapter—
**(a)** The term “Service” means the Public Health Service;
**(b)** The term “Surgeon General” means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;
**(c)** Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
**(d)** The term “regulations”, except when otherwise specified, means rules and regulations made by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary;
**(e)** The term “executive department” means any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States;
**(f)** Except as provided in sections 246(g)(4)(B),11 See References in Text note below. 247c(c)(1),1 254d(h)(3),1 263c(5),1 264(d), 292a(9),1 300a(c), 300f(13), and 300n(1) 1 of this title, the term “State” includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
**(g)** The term “possession” includes, among other possessions, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands;
**(h)** Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 986(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 603.
**(i)** The term “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, exclusive of aircraft and amphibious contrivances;
**(j)** The term “habit-forming narcotic drug” or “narcotic” means opium and coca leaves and the several alkaloids derived therefrom, the best known of these alkaloids being morphia, heroin, and codeine, obtained from opium, and cocaine derived from the coca
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall establish a program to be known as the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program to assure, with respect to the provision of primary health services pursuant to [section 254d(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254d/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) an adequate supply of physicians, dentists, behavioral and mental health professionals, certified nurse midwives, certified nurse practitioners, and physician assistants; and
(2) if needed by the Corps, an adequate supply of other health professionals.
**(b) Eligibility** To be eligible to participate in the Loan Repayment Program, an individual must—
(1)
(A) have a degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or another health profession, or an appropriate degree from a graduate program of behavioral and mental health, or be certified as a nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant;
(B) be enrolled in an approved graduate training program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, behavioral and mental health, or other health profession; or
(C) be enrolled as a full-time student—
(i) in an accredited (as determined by the Secretary) educational institution in a State; and
(ii) in the final year of a course of a study or program, offered by such institution and approved by the Secretary, leading to a degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or other health profession;
(2) be eligible for, or hold, an appointment as a commissioned officer in the Regular or Reserve Corps 11 See Change of Name note below. of the Service or be eligible for selection for civilian service in the Corps; and
(3) submit to the Secretary an application for a contract described in
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**(a) Establishment of Fund** There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the National Health Service Corps Member Replacement Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Fund”). The Fund shall consist of such amounts as may be appropriated under subsection (b) to the Fund. Amounts appropriated for the Fund shall remain available until expended.
**(b) Authorization of appropriations to Fund** For each fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund an amount equal to the sum of—
(1) the amount collected during the preceding fiscal year by the Federal Government pursuant to the liability of individuals under section 254o of this title for the breach of contracts entered into under section 254l or 254l–1 of this title;
(2) the amount by which grants under [section 254q–1 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254q-1&num=0&edition=prelim) have, for such preceding fiscal year, been reduced under subsection (g)(2)(B) of such section; and
(3) the aggregate of the amount of interest accruing during the preceding fiscal year on obligations held in the Fund pursuant to subsection (d) and the amount of proceeds from the sale or redemption of such obligations during such fiscal year.
**(c) Use of Fund**
(1) **Payments to certain health facilities** — Amounts in the Fund and available pursuant to appropriations Act may, subject to paragraph (2), be expended by the Secretary to make payments to any entity—
(A) to which a Corps member has been assigned under [section 254f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254f&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) that has a need for a health professional to provide primary healt
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**(a) Persons entitled; conditions** The Secretary may, out of appropriations authorized under [section 254k of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254k&num=0&edition=prelim), make one loan to a Corps member who has agreed in writing—
(1) to engage in the private full-time clinical practice of the profession of the member in a health professional shortage area (designated under [section 254e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254e&num=0&edition=prelim)) for a period of not less than 2 years which—
(A) in the case of a Corps member who is required to complete a period of obligated service under this subpart, begins not later than 1 year after the date on which such individual completes such period of obligated service; and
(B) in the case of an individual who is not required to complete a period of obligated service under this subpart, begins at such time as the Secretary considers appropriate;
(2) to conduct such practice in accordance with [section 254n(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254n/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(3) to such additional conditions as the Secretary may require to carry out this section.
Such a loan shall be used to assist such individual in meeting the costs of beginning the practice of such individual’s profession in accordance with such agreement, including the costs of acquiring equipment and renovating facilities for use in providing health services, and of hiring nurses and other personnel to assist in providing health services. Such loan may not be used for the purchase or construction of any building.
**(b) Amount of loan; maximum interest rate**
(1) The amoun
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**(a) Grants authorized** The Secretary may award grants to eligible institutions to support the recruitment of students for, and education and clinical experience of the students in—
(1) accredited institutions of higher education or accredited professional training programs that are establishing or expanding internships or other field placement programs in mental health in psychiatry, psychology, school psychology, behavioral pediatrics, psychiatric nursing (which may include master’s and doctoral level programs), social work, school social work, substance use disorder prevention and treatment, marriage and family therapy, occupational therapy (which may include master’s and doctoral level programs), school counseling, or professional counseling, including such programs with a focus on child and adolescent mental health, trauma, and transitional-age youth;
(2) accredited doctoral, internship, and post-doctoral residency programs of health service psychology (including clinical psychology, counseling, and school psychology) for the development and implementation of interdisciplinary training of psychology graduate students for providing behavioral health services, including trauma-informed care and substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, as well as the development of faculty in health service psychology;
(3) accredited master’s and doctoral degree programs of social work for the development and implementation of interdisciplinary training of social work graduate students for providing behavioral health services, including trauma-informed care and substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, and the development of faculty in social work; and
(4) State-licensed mental health nonprofit and for-profit organizations to enable such organiza
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**(a) Programs to promote mental health among health care professionals**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall award grants or contracts to health care entities, including entities that provide health care services, such as hospitals, community health centers, and rural health clinics, or to medical professional associations, to establish or enhance evidence-based or evidence-informed programs dedicated to improving mental health and resiliency for health care professionals.
(2) **Use of funds** — An eligible entity receiving a grant or contract under this subsection shall use funds received through the grant or contract to implement a new program or enhance an existing program to promote mental health among health care professionals, which may include—
(A) improving awareness among health care professionals about risk factors for, and signs of, suicide and mental health or substance use disorders, in accordance with evidence-based or evidence-informed practices;
(B) establishing new, or enhancing existing, evidence-based or evidence-informed programs for preventing suicide and improving mental health and resiliency among health care professionals;
(C) establishing new, or enhancing existing, peer-support programs among health care professionals; or
(D) providing mental health care, follow-up services and care, or referral for such services and care, as appropriate.
(3) **Priority** — In awarding grants and contracts under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities in health professional shortage areas or rural areas.
**(b) Training grants** The Secretary may establish a program to award grants to health professions schools, academic health centers, State or local governments, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, or oth
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 254q
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘subpart,’’.
100–177 and classified to section 254r of this title, prior
to repeal by Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 104(b)(1), Nov. 23,
1988, 102 Stat. 4787.
Another prior section 338G of act July 1, 1944, was
classified to section 254q of this title prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 100–177, title II, § 203, Dec. 1, 1987, 101 Stat. 999.
AMENDMENTS
1990—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–597, § 401(b)[(a)], sub-
stituted reference to health professional shortage area
for reference to health manpower shortage area.
1987—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–177, § 309(1), substituted
subsec. (a) consisting of pars. (1) to (3) for former sub-
sec. (a) consisting of pars. (1) and (2).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–177, § 309(1), added subsec. (b)
and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows:
‘‘The amount of the grant or loan under subsection (a)
of this section to an individual shall be—
‘‘(1) $12,500 if the individual agrees to practice his
profession in accordance with the agreement for a pe-
riod of at least one year, but less than two years; or
‘‘(2) $25,000 if the individual agrees to practice his
profession in accordance with the agreement for a pe-
riod of at least two years.’’
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–177, § 309(2), struck out ‘‘grant
or’’ before ‘‘loan’’ in first sentence.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 100–177, § 309(3), substituted
‘‘under this section (as in effect prior to October 1,
1984)’’ for ‘‘under this section’’, and made technical
amendment to reference to section 254o(b) of this title
to reflect renumbering of corresponding section of
original act.
1983—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 97–414 substituted ‘‘sec-
tion 254o(b)’’ for ‘‘section 254o(c)’’.
1981—Subsec. (a). Pub
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