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[CITE: 42USC296m]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER VI--NURSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
 
             Part C--Increasing Nursing Workforce Diversity
 
Sec. 296m. Workforce diversity grants


(a) In general

    The Secretary may award grants to and enter into contracts with 
eligible entities to meet the costs of special projects to increase 
nursing education opportunities for individuals who are from 
disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities 
underrepresented among registered nurses) by providing student 
scholarships or stipends, pre-entry preparation, and retention 
activities.

(b) Guidance

    In carrying out subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall 
take into consideration the recommendations of the First, Second and 
Third Invitational Congresses for Minority Nurse Leaders on ``Caring for 
the Emerging Majority,'' in 1992, 1993 and 1997, and consult with 
nursing associations including the American Nurses Association, the 
National League for Nursing, the American Association of Colleges of 
Nursing, the National Black Nurses Association, the National Association 
of Hispanic Nurses, the Association of Asian American and Pacific 
Islander Nurses, the Native American Indian and Alaskan Nurses 
Association, and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

(c) Required information and conditions for award recipients

                           (1) In general

        Recipients of awards under this section may be required, where 
    requested, to report to the Secretary concerning the annual 
    admission, retention, and graduation rates for individuals from 
    disadvantaged backgrounds and ethnic and racial minorities in the 
    school or schools involved in the projects.

                          (2) Falling rates

        If any of the rates reported under paragraph (1) fall below the 
    average of the two previous years, the grant or contract recipient 
    shall provide the Secretary with plans for immediately improving 
    such rates.

                          (3) Ineligibility

        A recipient described in paragraph (2) shall be ineligible for 
    continued funding under this section if the plan of the recipient 
    fails to improve the rates within the 1-year period beginning on the 
    date such plan is implemented.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, Sec. 821, as added Pub. L. 105-392, 
title I, Sec. 123(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3568.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 296m, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, 
Sec. 822, as added Pub. L. 94-63, title IX, Sec. 931(a), July 29, 1975, 
89 Stat. 361; amended Pub. L. 95-83, title III, Sec. 307(o)(5)(A), Aug. 
1, 1977, 91 Stat. 393; Pub. L. 96-76, title I, Sec. 107, Sept. 29, 1979, 
93 Stat. 579; Pub. L. 97-35, title XXVII, Sec. 2755, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 
Stat. 930; Pub. L. 99-92, Sec. 5, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 394; Pub. L. 
99-129, title II, Sec. 227(c), Oct. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 548; Pub. L. 100-
607, title VII, Sec. 703, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3157; Pub. L. 101-93, 
Sec. 5(q), Aug. 16, 1989, 103 Stat. 614; Pub. L. 101-597, title IV, 
Sec. 401(b)[(a)], Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3035; Pub. L. 102-408, title 
II, Sec. 204, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 2072, authorized grants and 
contracts for nurse practitioner and nurse midwife programs, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 105-392, title I, Sec. 123(1), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 
Stat. 3562.
    A prior section 821 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 
296l of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-392.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 297q of this title.
