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 99 STAT. 394

PUBLIC LAW 99-92—AUG. 16, 1985 priated $2,700,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, $2,700,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and $2,700,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988. In making grants and entering into contracts with amounts appropriated under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to applications for grants and contracts under paragraph (7) of subsection (a).". ADVANCED NURSE EDUCATION

42 USC 296Z.

SEC. 4. Section 821 is amended to read as follows: ADVANCED NURSE EDUCATION

Contracts. Grants. Schools and colleges.

"SEC. 821. (a) The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with public and private nonprofit collegiate schools of nursing to meet the costs of projects to— "(1) plan, develop, and operate, "(2) expand, or "(3) maintain, programs which lead to masters' and doctoral degrees and which prepare nurses to serve as nurse educators, administrators, or researchers or to serve in clinical nurse specialties determined by the Secretary to require advanced education. "(b) For payments under grants and contracts under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $16,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, $17,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and $17,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988.". NURSE PRACTITIONER AND NURSE MIDWIFE PROGRAMS

42 USC 296m. Grants. Gontracts. Schools and colleges. Hospitals. Education.

42 USC 254e.

SEC. 5. (a)(1) Paragraph (1) of section 822(a) is amended to read as follows: "(1) The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private schools of nursing and public health, public or nonprofit private schools of medicine which received grants or contracts under this subsection prior to October 1, 1985, public or nonprofit private hospitals, and other public or nonprofit private entities to meet the cost of projects to— "(A) plan, develop, and operate, "(B) expand, or "(C) maintain, programs for the education of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives. The Secretary shall give special consideration to applications for grants or contracts for programs for the education of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives who will practice in health manpower shortage areas (designated under section 332) and for the education of nurse practitioners which emphasize education respecting the special problems of geriatric patients and education to meet the particular needs of nursing home patients and patients who are confined to their homes.". (2) Paragraph (2) of such section is amended— (A) by striking out subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(A) For purposes of this section, the term 'programs for the education of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives' means educational programs for registered nurses (irrespective of the type of

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