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 116 STAT. 1626 PUBLIC LAW 107-251—OCT. 26, 2002 (B) by redesignating subsections (j), (k), and (m) through (q) as subsections (n), (o), and (p) through (s), respectively; and (C) by inserting after subsection (i) the following: " ( j) ACCESS GRANTS. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary may award grants to eligible health centers with a substantial number of clients with limited English speaking proficiency to provide translation, interpretation, and other such services for such clients with limited English speaking proficiency. "(2) ELIGIBLE HEALTH CENTER. —In this subsection, the term 'eligible health center' means an entity that— "(A) is a health center as defined under subsection (a); "(B) provides health care services for clients for whom English is a second language; and "(C) has exceptional needs with respect to linguistic access or faces exceptional challenges with respect to linguistic access. "(3) GRANT AMOUNT.— The amount of a grant awarded to a center under this subsection shall be determined by the Administrator. Such determination of such amount shall be based on the number of clients for whom English is a second language that is served by such center, and larger grant amounts shall be awarded to centers serving larger numbers of such clients. "(4) USE OF FUNDS. —An eligible health center that receives a grant under this subsection may use funds received through such grant to— "(A) provide translation, interpretation, and other such services for clients for whom English is a second language, including hiring professional tramslation and interpretation services; and "(B) compensate bilingual or multilingual staff for language assistance services provided by the staff for such clients. "(5) APPLICATION.— An eligible health center desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require, including— "(A) an estimate of the number of clients that the center serves for whom English is a second language; "(B) the ratio of the number of clients for whom English is a second language to the total number of clients served by the center; "(C) a description of any language assistance services that the center proposes to provide to aid clients for whom English is a second language; and "(D) a description of the exceptional needs of such center with respect to linguistic access or a description of the exceptional challenges faced by such center with respect to linguistic access. "(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRL\TIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, in addition to any funds authorized to be appropriated or appropriated for health centers under any other subsection of this

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