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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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[CITE: 42USC295d]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
               SUBCHAPTER V--HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
 
         Part E--Health Professions and Public Health Workforce
 
                   subpart 2--public health workforce
 
Sec. 295d. Health administration traineeships and special 
        projects
        

(a) In general

    The Secretary may make grants to State or local governments (that 
have in effect preventive medical and dental public health residency 
programs) or public or nonprofit private educational entities (including 
graduate schools of social work and business schools that have health 
management programs) that offer a program described in subsection (b) of 
this section--
        (1) to provide traineeships for students enrolled in such a 
    program; and
        (2) to assist accredited programs health administration in the 
    development or improvement of programs to prepare students for 
    employment with public or nonprofit private entities.

(b) Relevant programs

    The program referred to in subsection (a) of this section is an 
accredited program in health administration, hospital administration, or 
health policy analysis and planning, which program is accredited by a 
body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education 
and which meets such other quality standards as the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services by regulation may prescribe.

(c) Preference in making grants

    In making grants under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary 
shall give preference to qualified applicants that meet the following 
conditions:
        (1) Not less than 25 percent of the graduates of the applicant 
    are engaged in full-time practice settings in medically underserved 
    communities.
        (2) The applicant recruits and admits students from medically 
    underserved communities.
        (3) For the purpose of training students, the applicant has 
    established relationships with public and nonprofit providers of 
    health care in the community involved.
        (4) In training students, the applicant emphasizes employment 
    with public or nonprofit private entities.

(d) Certain provisions regarding traineeships

                          (1) Use of grant

        Traineeships awarded under grants made under subsection (a) of 
    this section shall provide for tuition and fees and such stipends 
    and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses and 
    dependency allowances) for the trainees as the Secretary may deem 
    necessary.

                 (2) Preference for certain students

        Each entity applying for a grant under subsection (a) of this 
    section for traineeships shall assure to the satisfaction of the 
    Secretary that the entity will give priority to awarding the 
    traineeships to students who demonstrate a commitment to employment 
    with public or nonprofit private entities in the fields with respect 
    to which the traineeships are awarded.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, Sec. 769, as added Pub. L. 105-392, 
title I, Sec. 105, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3556.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 295d, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, 
Sec. 765, as added Dec. 25, 1970, Pub. L. 91-696, Sec. 101, 84 Stat. 
2080-3; amended Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 96-88, title III, Sec. 301(a)(1), 
title V, Sec. 507, 93 Stat. 677, 692, related to requisites for approval 
of grants, establishment of separate medical school departments of 
family medicine, establishment of special hospital programs of family 
medicine, and supplementation of non-Federal funds, prior to repeal by 
Pub. L. 99-129, title II, Sec. 220(c), Oct. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 544.
    Another prior section 295d, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, 
Sec. 765, as added Oct. 31, 1963, Pub. L. 88-164, title I, Sec. 101, 77 
Stat. 284, related to noninterference with administration of 
institutions respecting grants for construction of mental retardation 
facilities, prior to the general amendment of former part D of this 
subchapter by section 101 of Pub. L. 91-696.
    Prior sections 295d-1 and 295d-2 were repealed by Pub. L. 99-129, 
title II, Sec. 220(c), Oct. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 544.
    Section 295d-1, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, Sec. 766, as 
added Dec. 25, 1970, Pub. L. 91-696, Sec. 101, 84 Stat. 2080-4, related 
to establishment and funding of planning and developmental grants.
    Another prior section 295d-1, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, 
Sec. 766, as added Oct. 31, 1963, Pub. L. 88-164, title I, Sec. 101, 77 
Stat. 284, related to definitions in connection with grants for 
construction of mental retardation research facilities, prior to the 
general amendment of former part D of this subchapter by section 101 of 
Pub. L. 91-696.
    Section 295d-2, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, Sec. 767, as 
added Dec. 25, 1970, Pub. L. 91-696, Sec. 101, 84 Stat. 2080-4, 
established Advisory Council on Family Medicine and provided for its 
composition, term and compensation of its members, and its duties and 
functions.
