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PUBLIC LAW 91-519-NOV. 2, 1970 a R A I N E P: S H I P S FOR ADVANCED T R A I N I N G OF ALLIED H E A L T H PERSONNEL

80 Stat. 1228; 82 Stat. 788.

PROFESSIONS

SEC. 203. (a) Subsection (a) of section 793 of the Public Healtli Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h-2(a)) is amended (1) by striking out u^^^v ^f^.^^. uj^j^g gQ^ 1969;", aud (2) by inserting after "June 30, 1970;" the following: "$8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973;". (b) Effective with respect to grants from appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970— (1) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out "training centers for allied health professions" and inserting in lieu thereof "agencies, organizations, and institutions". (2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking out "centers" and inserting in lieu thereof "public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations, and institutions". ENCOURAGEMENT

42 USC 295h.

[84 STAT.

OF F U L L UTILIZiVTION OF EDUCATIONAL THE ALLIED H E A L T H PROFESSIONS

TALENT

FOR

SEC. 204. Part G of title VII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding immediately after section 793 thereof the following new sections: " G R A N T S A N D CONTRACTS TO ENCOURAGE F U L L U T I L I Z A T I O N OF EDUCAT I O N A L T A L E N T FOR ALLIED H E A L T H PROFESSIONS

Appropriation.

"SEC. 794A. (a) To assist in meeting the need for additional trained personnel in the allied health professions, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to State or local educational agencies or other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations, or enter into contracts without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. (5)), for the purpose of— "(1) identifying individuals of financial, educational, or cultural need with a potential for education or training in the allied health professions, including returning veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States with training or experience in the health field, and encouraging and assisting them, whenever appropriate, to (A) complete secondary school, (B) undertake such postsecondary training as may be required to qualify them for training in the allied health professions, and (C) undertake postsecondary educational training in the allied health professions, or "(2) publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to persons undertaking training or education in the allied health professions. "(b) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972: and $1,250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. "SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS

"SEC. 794B. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make (in accordance wnth such regulations as he may prescribe) grants to public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations with an established program for training or retraining of personnel in the allied health professions or occupations specified by the Secretary for (1) scholarships to be awarded by such agency, institution, or organization to students thereof, and (2) scholarships in retaining programs

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