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 PUBLIC LAW 94-484—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2323

Act (as in effect on September 30, 1977) for projects for area health education centers, except that no payment shall be made to an entity under such a contract in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, unless the entity provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that not later than September 30, 1979, the project for which the payment is to be made will be a project described in subsection (a) of section 781 of such Act (as added by this Act) and the entity and its application will meet the requirements of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of such section. Such payments may only be made from such sums for the periods and amounts specified in such contracts. (b) After October 1, 1978, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall assess the program of contracts under section 781 of the Public Health Service Act (as so added) to determine the effect of the projects funded under such contracts on the distribution of health manpower and on the access to and the quality of health care in the areas in which such projects are located. Not later than September 30, 1979, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the assessment conducted under this subsection.

42 USC 295f-4.

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Report to Congress,

TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS NURSE TRAINEESHIPS

42 USC 297. Sec. 901. Section 830 is amended— (1) by striking out in subsection (a) "There are authorized" and all that follows through "1978," and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) The Secretary may make grants to public or private nonprofit institutions"; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D); (3) by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " (2) In making grants for traineeships under this subsection, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications for traineeship programs (A) for the training of nurse practitioners who will practice in health manpower shortage areas (designated under section 332), and (B) for traineeship programs which conform to guidelines Ante, p. 2270. 42 USC 296m. established by the Secretary under section 822(a)(2)(B)."; (4) by striking out "section" in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection"; (5) by redesignating subsection (c) as paragraph (3); and (6) by adding at the end thereof the following: "(b)(1) The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts Grants and with schools of nursing, medicine, and public health, public or non- contracts. profit private hospitals, and other nonprofit entities to establish and operate traineeship programs to train nurse practitioners who are residents of a health manpower shortage area (designated under section 332). "(2) Traineeships funded under.this subsection shall include 100 percent of the costs of tuition, reasonable living and moving expenses (including stipends), books, fees, and necessary transportation. "(3) A traineeship funded under this subsection shall not be awarded unless the recipient enters into a. commitment with the Secretary to practice as a nurse practitioner in a health manpower shortage area (designated under section 332). "(c) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of Appropriation this section $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, authorization. $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.".

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