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 112 STAT. 3558 PUBLIC LAW 105-392—NOV. 13, 1998 such expenditures maintained by the entity for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the entity receives such a grant. 42 USC 295o. "SEC. 798. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. "The Secretary may require that an entity that applies for a grant or contract under this title provide non-Federal matching funds, as appropriate, to ensure the institutional commitment of the entity to the projects funded under the grant. As determined by the Secretary, such non-Federal matching funds may be provided directly or through donations from public or private entities and may be in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services. 42 USC 2950-1. "SEC. 799. GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS. "(a) AWARDING OF GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. — The Secretary shall ensure that grants and contracts under this title are awarded on a competitive basis, as appropriate, to carry out innovative demonstration projects or provide for strategic workforce supplementation activities as needed to meet health workforce goals and in accordance with this title. Contracts may be entered into under this title with public or private entities as may be necessary. "(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— Unless specifically required otherwise in this title, the Secretary shall accept applications for grants or contracts under this title from health professions schools, academic health centers, State or local governments, or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities for funding and participation in health professions and nursing training activities. The Secretary may accept applications from for-profit private entities if determined appropriate by the Secretary. "(c) INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —Recipients of grants and contracts under this title shall meet information requirements as specified by the Secretary. "(2) DATA COLLECTION.— The Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure that, with respect to any data collection required under this title, such data is collected in a manner that takes into account age, sex, race, and ethnicity. "(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall establish procedures to permit the use of amounts appropriated under this title to be used for data collection purposes. " (4) EVALUATIONS. — The Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure the annual evaluation of programs and projects operated By recipients of grants or contracts under this title. Such procedures shall ensure that continued funding for such programs and projects will be conditioned upon a demonstration that satisfactory progress has been made by the program or project in meeting the objectives of the program or project. "(d) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Training programs conducted with amounts received under this title shall meet applicable accreditation and quality standards. "(e) DURATION OF ASSISTANCE.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to paragraph (2), in the case of an award to an entity of a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract under this title, the period during which payments are made to the entity under the award may not exceed 5 years. The provision of payments under the award shall be subject to annual approval by the Secretary of the payments and subject to the availability of appropriations for the fiscal

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