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 102 STAT. 3162

PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988 "(B) The term 'migrant health center' has the meaning given such term in section 329(a)(l)"(C) The term 'nursing facility' has the meaning given such term in section 1919(a) of the Social Security Act (as such section is in effect during fiscal year 1991 and subsequent Hscal years), except that for fiscal years 1989 and 1990, such term means an intermediate care facility and a skilled nursing facility, as such terms are defined in subsections (c) and (i), respectively, of section 1905 of the Social Security Act. "(D) The term 'rural health clinic' has the meaning given such term in section 1861(aaX2) of the Social Security Act.". (d) AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS FOR LOAN REPAYMENTS.—

Subpart II of part B of title VIII (42 U.S.C. 297a et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 837 the following new section: "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR LOAN REPAYMENTS FOR SERVICE IN CERTAIN HEALTH FACILITIES

42 USC 2970-1.

"SEC. 837A. For the purpose of payments under agreements entered into under section 836(h), there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1989 through 1991.". SEC. 715. NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS.

Part B of title VIII (42 U.S.C. 297 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subpart: "Subpart III—Scholarships "UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONAL NURSES

Grants. 42 USC 297j.

"SEC. 843. (a) The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit private schools accredited for the training of professional nurses for the purpose of providing scholarships to individuals who are enrolled (or accepted for enrollment) as nursing students of such schools and who are in financial need with respect to attending such schools. "(b) The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the applicant for the grant agrees that, in providing scholarships pursugmt to the grant, the applicant will give preference to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary under section 844(a)). "(c) The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the applicant for the grant agrees that, in providing scholarships pursuant to the grant, the applicant will provide a scholarship to an individual only if the individual agrees that, upon graduating from the program of nursing education offered by the applicant, the individual will serve as nurse for a period of not less than two years in an Indian Health Service health center, in a Native Hawaiian health center, in a public hospital, in a migrant health center, in a community health center, in a nursing facility, in a rural health clinic, or in a health facility determined by the Secretary to have a critical shortage of nurses. "(d) The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the applicant for the grant agrees that a scholarship provided pursuant to such subsection for attendance at a school described in such subsection may not, for any year of such attendance for which the scholarship is made, provide an amount exceeding an amount

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