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 99 STAT. 542

Post, p. 543.

Prohibition. Post, p. 543.

42 USC 295g-8. Ante, pp. 525, 526. Aged persons.

PUBLIC LAW 99-129—OCT. 22, 1985 "(b)(1) The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with any health profession, aUied health profession, or nurse training institution, or any other public or nonprofit private entity for projects in areas such as— "(A) health promotion and disease prevention; "(B) curriculum development and training in health policy and policy analysis, including curriculum development and training in areas such as— "(i) the organization, delivery, and financing of health care; "(ii) the determinants of health and the role of medicine in health; and "(iii) the promotion of economy in health professions teaching, health care practice, and health care systems management; "(C) curriculum development in clinical nutrition; "(D) the development of initiatives for assuring the competence of health professionals; and "(E) curriculum and program development and training in applying the social and behavioral sciences to the study of health and health care delivery issues. "(2)(A) Of the amounts available for grants and contracts under this subsection from amounts appropriated under subsection (g), at least 75 percent shall be obligated for grants to and contracts with health professions institutions, allied health institutions, and nurse training institutions. "(B) Any application for a grant to institutions described in subparagraph (A) shall be subject to appropriate peer review by peer review groups composed principally of non-Federal experts. "(C) The Secretary may not approve or disapprove an application for a grant to an institution described in subparagraph (A) unless the Secretary has received recommendations with respect to such application from the appropriate peer review group required under subparagraph (B) and has consulted with the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education with respect to such application. subsection from amounts appropriated under subsection (g), not more than 25 percent shall be obligated for grants to and contracts with public and nonprofit entities which are not health professions institutions, allied health institutions, or nurse training institutions.". (c) Section 788(d) is amended to read as follows: "(d)(1) The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with accredited health professions schools referred to in section 701(4) or 701(10) and programs referred to in section 701(8) to assist in meeting the costs of such schools or programs of providing projects to— "(A) improve the training of health professioneds in geriatrics; "(B) develop and disseminate curricula relating to the treatment of the health problems of elderly individuals; "(C) expand and strengthen instruction in methods of such treatment; "(D) support the training and retraining of faculty to provide such instruction; "(E) support continuing education of health professionals and allied health professionals who provide such treatment; and
 * (3) Of the amounts available for grants and contracts under this

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