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PUBLIC LAW 911-AUG. 2, 1966 CHAPTER 871

Public Law 911 AN ACT

To improve the health of the people by assisting in increasing the number of adequatelj' trained professional and practical nurses and professional public health personnel, assisting in the development of improved methods of care and treatment in the field of mental health, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of Aifnerica in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Health Amendments Act of 1956".

August 2, 1956 [S. 3958]

Health Amendments Act of 195 6.

TITLE I—GEADUATE TRAINING OF PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL TRAINEESHIPS

SEC. 101. Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. ch. A, subch. II) is amended by adding at the end of part A the following new section:

Ante, p. 490.

"TRAINEESHIPS FOR PROFESSIONAI. PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL

"SEC. 306. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for each of the next two fiscal years, such sums as the Congress may determine, to cover the cost of traineeships for graduate or specialized training in public health for physicians, engineers, nurses, and other professional health personnel. "(b) Traineeships under this section may be awarded by the Surgeon General either (1) directly to individuals whose applications for admission have been accepted by the public or other nonprofit institutions providing the training, or (2) through grants to such institutions. "(c) Payments under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, and at such intervals and on such conditions, as the Surgeon General finds necessary. Such payments to institutions may be used only for traineeships, and payments under this section with respect to any traineeship shall be limited to such amounts as the Surgeon General finds necessary to cover the cost of tuition and fees, and a stipend and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses) for the trainee. " (d) The Surgeon General shall appoint an expert advisory committee, composed of persons representative of the principal health specialties in the fields of public health administration and training, to advise him in connection with the administration of this section, including the development of program standards and policies. Members of such committee who are not otherwise in the employ of the United States, while attending meetings of the committee or otherwise serving at the request of the Surgeon General, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. "(e) The Surgeon General shall, between June 30, 1958, and December 1, 1958, call a conference broadly representative of the professional and training groups interested in and informed about training of professional public health personnel, and including members of the advisory committee appointed pursuant to subsection (d), to assist him in appraising the effectiveness of the traineeships under this section in

60 Stat. 808; 69 Stat. 394.

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