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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 42USC296e]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER VI--NURSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 296e. Generally applicable provisions


(a) Awarding of grants and contracts

    The Secretary shall ensure that grants and contracts under this 
subchapter are awarded on a competitive basis, as appropriate, to carry 
out innovative demonstration projects or provide for strategic workforce 
supplementation activities as needed to meet national nursing service 
goals and in accordance with this subchapter. Contracts may be entered 
into under this subchapter with public or private entities as determined 
necessary by the Secretary.

(b) Information requirements

                           (1) In general

        Recipients of grants and contracts under this subchapter shall 
    meet information requirements as specified by the Secretary.

                           (2) Evaluations

        The Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure the annual 
    evaluation of programs and projects operated by recipients of grants 
    under this subchapter. Such procedures shall ensure that continued 
    funding for such programs and projects will be conditioned upon a 
    demonstration that satisfactory progress has been made by the 
    program or project in meeting the objectives of the program or 
    project.

(c) Training programs

    Training programs conducted with amounts received under this 
subchapter shall meet applicable accreditation and quality standards.

(d) Duration of assistance

                           (1) In general

        Subject to paragraph (2), in the case of an award to an entity 
    of a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract under this 
    subchapter, the period during which payments are made to the entity 
    under the award may not exceed 5 years. The provision of payments 
    under the award shall be subject to annual approval by the Secretary 
    of the payments and subject to the availability of appropriations 
    for the fiscal year involved to make the payments. This paragraph 
    may not be construed as limiting the number of awards under the 
    program involved that may be made to the entity.

                           (2) Limitation

        In the case of an award to an entity of a grant, cooperative 
    agreement, or contract under this subchapter, paragraph (1) shall 
    apply only to the extent not inconsistent with any other provision 
    of this subchapter that relates to the period during which payments 
    may be made under the award.

(e) Peer review regarding certain programs

                           (1) In general

        Each application for a grant under this subchapter, except 
    advanced nurse traineeship grants under section 296j(a)(2) of this 
    title, shall be submitted to a peer review group for an evaluation 
    of the merits of the proposals made in the application. The 
    Secretary may not approve such an application unless a peer review 
    group has recommended the application for approval.

                           (2) Composition

        Each peer review group under this subsection shall be composed 
    principally of individuals who are not officers or employees of the 
    Federal Government. In providing for the establishment of peer 
    review groups and procedures, the Secretary shall, except as 
    otherwise provided, ensure sex, racial, ethnic, and geographic 
    representation among the membership of such groups.

                         (3) Administration

        This subsection shall be carried out by the Secretary acting 
    through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
    Administration.

(f) Analytic activities

    The Secretary shall ensure that--
        (1) cross-cutting workforce analytical activities are carried 
    out as part of the workforce information and analysis activities 
    under this subchapter; and
        (2) discipline-specific workforce information is developed and 
    analytical activities are carried out as part of--
            (A) the advanced education nursing activities under part B 
        of this subchapter;
            (B) the workforce diversity activities under part C of this 
        subchapter; and
            (C) basic nursing education and practice activities under 
        part D of this subchapter.

(g) State and regional priorities

    Activities under grants or contracts under this subchapter shall, to 
the extent practicable, be consistent with related Federal, State, or 
regional nursing professions program plans and priorities.

(h) Filing of applications

                           (1) In general

        Applications for grants or contracts under this subchapter may 
    be submitted by health professions schools, schools of nursing, 
    academic health centers, State or local governments, or other 
    appropriate public or private nonprofit entities as determined 
    appropriate by the Secretary in accordance with this subchapter.

                       (2) For-profit entities

        Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a for-profit entity may be 
    eligible for a grant or contract under this subchapter as determined 
    appropriate by the Secretary.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, Sec. 806, as added Pub. L. 105-392, 
title I, Sec. 123(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3565.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 296e, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, 
Sec. 810, formerly Sec. 806, as added Sept. 4, 1964, Pub. L. 88-581, 
Sec. 2, 78 Stat. 912; amended Dec. 5, 1967, Pub. L. 90-174, Sec. 12(a), 
81 Stat. 541; Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-490, title II, Sec. 211, 82 
Stat. 781; Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-158, Sec. 4(a), 85 Stat. 470; 
renumbered Sec. 810 and amended July 29, 1975, Pub. L. 94-63, title IX, 
Secs. 902(b), 915(a)-(c), 916(a), (b), 941(e), 89 Stat. 354, 356, 358, 
365; Aug. 1, 1977, Pub. L. 95-83, title III, Sec. 307(o)(1)-(4), 91 
Stat. 393; Sept. 29, 1979, Pub. L. 96-76, title I, Sec. 104, 93 Stat. 
579, set forth provisions relating to computation, requirements, etc., 
respecting grants for institutional support, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 
99-92, Secs. 9(a)(1), 10(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 400, 402, effective 
Oct. 1, 1985.
