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42 U.S.C. § 295j — Preferences and required information in certain programs
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**(a) Preferences in making awards**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), in making awards of grants or contracts under any of sections 293k and 294 of this title, the Secretary shall give preference to any qualified applicant that—
(A) has a high rate for placing graduates in practice settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically underserved communities;
(B) during the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings; or
(C) utilizes a longitudinal evaluation (as described in [section 294n(d)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section294n/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim)) and reports data from such system to the national workforce database (as established under [section 294n(b)(2)(E) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section294n/b/2/E&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) **Limitation regarding peer review** — For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary may not give an applicant preference if the proposal of the applicant is ranked at or below the 20th percentile of proposals that have been recommended for approval by peer review groups.
**(b) “Graduate” defined** For purposes of this section, the term “graduate” means, unless otherwise specified, an individual who has successfully completed all training and residency requirements necessary for full certification in the health profession selected by the individual.
**(c) Exceptions for new programs**
(1) **In general** — To permit new programs to compete equitably for funding under this section, those new programs that meet at least 4 of the criteria described in paragraph (3)
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**(a) Preferences in making awards**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), in making awards of grants or contracts under any of sections 293k and 294 of this title, the Secretary shall give preference to any qualified applicant that—
(A) has a high rate for placing graduates in practice settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically underserved communities;
(B) during the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings; or
(C) utilizes a longitudinal evaluation (as described in [section 294n(d)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section294n/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim)) and reports data from such system to the national workforce database (as established under [section 294n(b)(2)(E) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section294n/b/2/E&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) **Limitation regarding peer review** — For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary may not give an applicant preference if the proposal of the applicant is ranked at or below the 20th percentile of proposals that have been recommended for approval by peer review groups.
**(b) “Graduate” defined** For purposes of this section, the term “graduate” means, unless otherwise specified, an individual who has successfully completed all training and residency requirements necessary for full certification in the health profession selected by the individual.
**(c) Exceptions for new programs**
(1) **In general** — To permit new programs to compete equitably for funding under this section, those new programs that meet at least 4 of the criteria described in paragraph (3) shall qualify for a funding preference under this section.
(2) **Definition** — As used in this subsection, the term “new program” means any program that has graduated less than three classes. Upon graduating at least three classes, a program shall have the capability to provide the information necessary to qualify the program for the general funding preferences described in subsection (a).
(3) **Criteria** — The criteria referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
(A) The mission statement of the program identifies a specific purpose of the program as being the preparation of health professionals to serve underserved populations.
(B) The curriculum of the program includes content which will help to prepare practitioners to serve underserved populations.
(C) Substantial clinical training experience is required under the program in medically underserved communities.
(D) A minimum of 20 percent of the clinical faculty of the program spend at least 50 percent of their time providing or supervising care in medically underserved communities.
(E) The entire program or a substantial portion of the program is physically located in a medically underserved community.
(F) Student assistance, which is linked to service in medically underserved communities following graduation, is available to the students in the program.
(G) The program provides a placement mechanism for deploying graduates to medically underserved communities.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall carry out a program under which—
(1) the Secretary enters into agreements with individuals to make payments in accordance with subsection (b) on the principal of and interest on any eligible loan; and
(2) the individuals each agree to the requirements of service in substance use disorder treatment employment, as described in subsection (d).
**(b) Payments** For each year of obligated service by an individual pursuant to an agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make a payment to such individual as follows:
(1) **Service in a shortage area** — The Secretary shall pay—
(A) for each year of obligated service by an individual pursuant to an agreement under subsection (a), ⅙ of the principal of and interest on each eligible loan of the individual which is outstanding on the date the individual began service pursuant to the agreement; and
(B) for completion of the sixth and final year of such service, the remainder of such principal and interest.
(2) **Maximum amount** — The total amount of payments under this section to any individual shall not exceed $250,000.
**(c) Eligible loans** The loans eligible for repayment under this section are each of the following:
(1) Any loan for education or training for a substance use disorder treatment employment.
(2) Any loan under part E of subchapter VI (relating to nursing student loans).
(3) Any Federal Direct Stafford Loan, Federal Direct PLUS Loan, Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or Federal Direct Consolidation Loan (as such terms are used in section 455 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 [[20 U.S.C. 1087e](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-ti
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**(a) Date certain for applications** The Secretary shall from time to time set dates by which schools must file applications for Federal capital contributions.
**(b) Contingent reduction in allotments** If the total of the amounts requested for any fiscal year in such applications exceeds the amounts appropriated under this section for that fiscal year, the allotment to the loan fund of each such school shall be reduced to whichever of the following is the smaller: (A) the amount requested in its application; or (B) an amount which bears the same ratio to the amounts appropriated as the number of students estimated by the Secretary to be enrolled in such school during such fiscal year bears to the estimated total number of students in all such schools during such year. Amounts remaining after allotment under the preceding sentence shall be reallotted in accordance with clause (B) of such sentence among schools whose applications requested more than the amounts so allotted to their loan funds, but with such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent the total allotted to any such school’s loan fund from exceeding the total so requested by it.
**(c) Allotment of excess funds** Funds available in any fiscal year for payment to schools under this subpart which are in excess of the amount appropriated pursuant to this section for that year shall be allotted among schools in such manner as the Secretary determines will best carry out the purposes of this subpart.
**(d) Payment of installments to schools** Allotments to a loan fund of a school shall be paid to it from time to time in such installments as the Secretary determines will not result in unnecessary accumulations in the loan fund at such school.
**(e) Disposition of funds returned to Secretary**
(1) **Expenditu
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The purpose of this subpart is to enable the Secretary to provide a Federal program of student loan insurance for students in (and certain former students of) eligible institutions (as defined in section 292o of this title).
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**(a) In general** The Secretary, as appropriate, shall make grants to, and enter into contracts with, eligible entities to support access to accredited continuing medical education for primary care physicians and health care providers at community health centers or rural health clinics to improve and increase access to care for patients in rural and medically underserved areas. Such grants or contracts may be used to improve health care, increase retention, increase representation of minority health care providers, enhance the practice environment, increase primary care physician and health care provider knowledge, and provide information dissemination and educational support to reduce professional isolation through the timely dissemination of research findings using relevant resources.
**(b) Eligible entities** For purposes of this section, the term “eligible entity” means an entity described in section 295o–1(b) of this title, such as a community health center or rural health clinic.
**(c) Application** An eligible entity desiring to receive an award under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—
(1) a description of how participation in activities funded under this section will help improve access to, and quality of, health care services and training needs of primary care physicians and health care providers; and
(2) a plan for providing peer-to-peer training, as appropriate.
**(d) Use of funds**
(1) **In general** — An eligible entity shall use amounts awarded under a grant or contract under this section to provide innovative supportive activities to enhance education for primary care physicians and health care providers described in subsect
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 295j
Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 106(a)(2)(A), Nov. 13, 1998, 112
Stat. 3557, redesignated part G as F.
§ 295j. Preferences and required information in
certain programs
(a) Preferences in making awards
(1) In general
Subject to paragraph (2), in making awards
of grants or contracts under any of sections
293k and 294 of this title, the Secretary shall
give preference to any qualified applicant
that—
(A) has a high rate for placing graduates in
practice settings having the principal focus
of serving residents of medically under-
served communities;
(B) during the 2-year period preceding the
fiscal year for which such an award is
sought, has achieved a significant increase
in the rate of placing graduates in such set-
tings; or
(C) utilizes a longitudinal evaluation (as
described in section 294n(d)(2) of this title)
and reports data from such system to the na-
tional workforce database (as established
under section 294n(b)(2)(E) of this title).
(2) Limitation regarding peer review
For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary
may not give an applicant preference if the
proposal of the applicant is ranked at or below
the 20th percentile of proposals that have been
recommended for approval by peer review
groups.
(b) ‘‘Graduate’’ defined
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘grad-
uate’’ means, unless otherwise specified, an indi-
vidual who has successfully completed all train-
ing and residency requirements necessary for
full certification in the health profession se-
lected by the individual.
(c) Exceptions for new programs
(1) In general
To permit new programs to compete equi-
tably for funding under this section, those new
programs that meet at least 4 of the criteria
described in pa
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