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 PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988

102 STAT. 3155

296k(a)) is amended by adding after paragraph (5) (as redesignated by subsection (bK2) of this section) the followii^ new paragraph: "(6)(A) collect the names and addresses of health facilities willing to enter into agreements with nursing students and nursing personnel under which such individuals agree to serve as nurses in the health facilities in consideration of the health facilities agreeing to repay the principal and interest of the educational loans of such individuals; "(B) collect data on the specific terms of such agreements offered by health facilities; "(C) collect the names and addresses of nursing students identified pursuant to section 827(a), of other nursing students, and of nursing personnel, willing to enter into such agreements; and "(D) coordinate and facilitate communications between health facilities and such individuals with respect to such agreements.". (f) GERIATRIC HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS.—Section 820 (42 U.S.C.

296k) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as subsections (e) through (g), respectively, and (2) by adding after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b)(l) The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts with, accredited schools of nursing to assist in meeting the costs of such schools in providing projects— "(A) to improve the training of nurses in geriatrics; "(B) to develop and disseminate curricula relating to the treatment of the health problems of elderly individuals; "(C) to expand and strengthen instruction in methods of such treatment; "(D) to support the training and retraining of faculty to provide such instruction; "(E) to support continuing education of nurses who provide such treatment; and "(F) to establish new affiliations with nursing homes, chronic and acute disease hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and senior centers in order to provide students with clinical training in geriatric health care. "(2)(A) Any application for a grant or contract under this subsection shall be subject to appropriate peer review by peer review groups composed principally of non-Federal experts. "(B) The Secretary may not approve or disapprove an application for a grant or contract under this subsection unless the Secretary has received recommendations with respect to such application from the appropriate peer review group required under paragraph (1) and has considted with the Advisory Council on Nurses Education with respect to such application. (C) For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may obligate each fiscal year not more than $2,000,000 of the amounts made available for such purpose pursuant to subsection (g)(2).". (g) INNOVATIVE HOSPITAL NURSING PRACTICE MODELS.—Section 820

(42 U.S.C. 296k), as amended by subsection (1) of this section, is further amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: "(c)(1) The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of demonstrating innovative hospital

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