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[CITE: 42USC294e]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
               SUBCHAPTER V--HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
 
           Part D--Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages
 
Sec. 294e. Allied health and other disciplines


(a) In general

    The Secretary may make grants or contracts under this section to 
help entities fund activities of the type described in subsection (b) of 
this section.

(b) Activities

    Activities of the type described in this subsection include the 
following:
        (1) Assisting entities in meeting the costs associated with 
    expanding or establishing programs that will increase the number of 
    individuals trained in allied health professions. Programs and 
    activities funded under this paragraph may include--
            (A) those that expand enrollments in allied health 
        professions with the greatest shortages or whose services are 
        most needed by the elderly;
            (B) those that provide rapid transition training programs in 
        allied health fields to individuals who have baccalaureate 
        degrees in health-related sciences;
            (C) those that establish community-based allied health 
        training programs that link academic centers to rural clinical 
        settings;
            (D) those that provide career advancement training for 
        practicing allied health professionals;
            (E) those that expand or establish clinical training sites 
        for allied health professionals in medically underserved or 
        rural communities in order to increase the number of individuals 
        trained;
            (F) those that develop curriculum that will emphasize 
        knowledge and practice in the areas of prevention and health 
        promotion, geriatrics, long-term care, home health and hospice 
        care, and ethics;
            (G) those that expand or establish interdisciplinary 
        training programs that promote the effectiveness of allied 
        health practitioners in geriatric assessment and the 
        rehabilitation of the elderly;
            (H) those that expand or establish demonstration centers to 
        emphasize innovative models to link allied health clinical 
        practice, education, and research;
            (I) those that provide financial assistance (in the form of 
        traineeships) to students who are participants in any such 
        program; and
                (i) who plan to pursue a career in an allied health 
            field that has a demonstrated personnel shortage; and
                (ii) who agree upon completion of the training program 
            to practice in a medically underserved community;

        that shall be utilized to assist in the payment of all or part 
        of the costs associated with tuition, fees and such other 
        stipends as the Secretary may consider necessary; and
            (J) those to meet the costs of projects to plan, develop, 
        and operate or maintain graduate programs in behavioral and 
        mental health practice.

        (2) Planning and implementing projects in preventive and primary 
    care training for podiatric physicians in approved or provisionally 
    approved residency programs that shall provide financial assistance 
    in the form of traineeships to residents who participate in such 
    projects and who plan to specialize in primary care.
        (3) Carrying out demonstration projects in which chiropractors 
    and physicians collaborate to identify and provide effective 
    treatment for spinal and lower-back conditions.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, Sec. 755, as added Pub. L. 105-392, 
title I, Sec. 103, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3548.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 294e, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, 
Sec. 767, as added Pub. L. 102-408, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 
106 Stat. 2048, authorized grants and contracts for establishment of 
programs to increase number of allied health professionals, prior to the 
general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105-392.
    Another prior section 294e, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, 
Sec. 732, as added Oct. 12, 1976, Pub. L. 94-484, title IV, 
Sec. 401(b)(3), 90 Stat. 2260; amended Aug. 1, 1977, Pub. L. 95-83, 
title III, Sec. 307(c)(3), (4), 91 Stat. 390; Dec. 19, 1977, Pub. L. 95-
215, Sec. 4(e)(8), (9), 91 Stat. 1506; Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97-35, 
title XXVII, Sec. 2729, 95 Stat. 918; Oct. 22, 1985, Pub. L. 99-129, 
title II, Sec. 208(e), 99 Stat. 531; Nov. 4, 1988, Pub. L. 100-607, 
title VI, Sec. 602(g), 102 Stat. 3123, related to certificates of loan 
insurance, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 
102-408. See section 292e of this title.
    Another prior section 294e, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, 
Sec. 744, formerly Sec. 745, as added Sept. 24, 1963, Pub. L. 88-129, 
Sec. 2(b), 77 Stat. 173; amended Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-157, title I, 
Sec. 105(f)(2), 85 Stat. 451; renumbered Sec. 744, Oct. 12, 1976, Pub. 
L. 94-484, title IV, Sec. 406(a)(2), 90 Stat. 2268, which related to 
administrative provisions, was transferred to section 294q of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 294f, 294g of this title.
