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[CITE: 42USC3031]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 35--PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS
 
   SUBCHAPTER IV--TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS AND 
                                PROGRAMS
 
                     Part A--Education and Training
 
Sec. 3031. Grants and contracts


(a) Purposes

    The Assistant Secretary shall make grants and enter into contracts 
to achieve the purpose of this part. The purposes for which such grants 
and contracts shall be made include the following:
        (1) To provide comprehensive and coordinated nondegree 
    education, training programs, and curricula at institutions of 
    higher education and at other research, training, or educational 
    organizations, for practitioners in the fields of nutrition, health 
    (including mental health) care, gerontology, supportive services, 
    housing, and long-term care, including the expansion and enhancement 
    of existing inservice education and training programs.
        (2) To provide inservice training opportunities to the personnel 
    of State offices, area agencies on aging, senior centers, and 
    nutrition and counseling programs to strengthen their capacity to 
    remain responsive to the needs of older individuals, with special 
    emphasis on using culturally sensitive practices.
        (3) To provide courses on aging and the dissemination of 
    information about aging to the public through institutions of higher 
    education and other public and nonprofit private organizations and 
    agencies.
        (4) To provide in-service training opportunities and courses of 
    instruction on aging to Indian tribes through public and nonprofit 
    Indian aging organizations.
        (5) To provide annually a national meeting to train directors of 
    programs under subchapter X of this chapter.

(b) Educational activities; inservice training

    To achieve the purpose of this subchapter, the Administration shall 
conduct both--
        (1) long-term educational activities to prepare personnel for 
    careers in the field of aging; and
        (2) short-term inservice training and continuing education 
    activities for State agency and area agency on aging personnel, and 
    other personnel, in the field of aging or preparing to enter the 
    field of aging.

(c) Recruitment and training of personnel; Alzheimer's disease and 
        related disorders

    In making grants and contracts under this part, the Assistant 
Secretary shall give special consideration to the recruitment and 
training of personnel, volunteers, and those individuals preparing for 
employment in that part of the field of aging which relates to providing 
services to individuals with disabilities and to individuals with 
Alzheimer's disease and related disorders with neurological and organic 
brain dysfunction and providing family respite services with respect to 
such individuals.

(d) Data on number of individuals to be trained and number of older 
        individuals to be served

    In making grants or contracts under this part, the Assistant 
Secretary shall ensure that all projects and activities related to 
personnel training shall include specific data on the number of 
individuals to be trained and the number of older individuals to be 
served through such training activities by public and nonprofit 
agencies, State and area agencies on aging, institutions of higher 
education, and other organizations.

(e) Grants and contracts for training of service providers

    From amounts appropriated under section 3037(b) of this title, the 
Assistant Secretary shall make grants and enter into contracts under 
this part to establish and carry out a program under which service 
providers (including family physicians, clergy, and other professionals) 
will receive training--
        (1) comprised of--
            (A) intensive training regarding normal aging, recognition 
        of problems of older individuals, and communication with 
        providers of mental health services; and
            (B) advanced clinical training regarding means of assessing 
        and treating the problems of older individuals;

        (2) provided by--
            (A) faculty and graduate students in programs of human 
        development and family studies at an institution of higher 
        education;
            (B) mental health professionals; and
            (C) nationally recognized consultants with expertise 
        regarding the mental health problems of individuals residing in 
        rural areas; and

        (3) held in public hospitals throughout each State in which the 
    program is carried out.

(Pub. L. 89-73, title IV, Sec. 411, as added Pub. L. 97-115, Sec. 11(a), 
Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1601; amended Pub. L. 98-459, title IV, 
Sec. 403, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1781; Pub. L. 100-175, title I, 
Secs. 105(e)(1), 134(c)(3), 156(a), Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 930, 941, 
954; Pub. L. 100-628, title VII, Sec. 705(7), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 
3247; Pub. L. 102-375, title I, Sec. 102(b)(1)(A), (10)(A), (H), title 
IV, Sec. 404, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1200, 1202, 1244; Pub. L. 103-
171, Secs. 2(15), 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1989, 1990.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3031, Pub. L. 89-73, title IV, Sec. 401, as added 
Pub. L. 93-29, title IV, Sec. 401, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 45; amended 
Pub. L. 95-478, title I, Sec. 104(a)(1), Oct. 18, 1973, 92 Stat. 1537, 
related to Congressional statement of purpose in developing and 
implementing a national manpower policy for the field of aging, prior to 
the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 97-115.
    Another prior section 3031, Pub. L. 89-73, title IV, Sec. 401, July 
14, 1965, 79 Stat. 224; Pub. L. 90-42, Sec. 5(b), July 1, 1967, 81 Stat. 
107; Pub. L. 91-69, Sec. 7, Sept. 17, 1969, 83 Stat. 111, related to 
description of activities, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 93-29, title IV, 
Sec. 401, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 45.
    A prior section 411 of Pub. L. 89-73, as added Pub. L. 93-29, title 
IV, Sec. 401, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 47; amended Pub. L. 95-478, title I, 
Sec. 104(b)(1), (2), title V, Sec. 503(c)(3), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1538, 1539, related to grants and contracts and was classified to 
section 3035 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this 
subchapter by Pub. L. 97-115.
    Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained 
in sections 3033 and 3034 of this title prior to the general revision of 
this subchapter by Pub. L. 97-115.


                               Amendments

    1993--Pub. L. 103-171, Sec. 3(a)(13), substituted ``Assistant 
Secretary'' for ``Commissioner'' wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-171, Sec. 2(15), substituted ``section 
3037(b)'' for ``3037(b)''.
    1992--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 404(a)(1), inserted 
``gerontology,'' after ``(including mental health) care,''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102-375, Secs. 102(b)(10)(A), 404(a)(2), 
substituted ``area agencies on aging'' for ``area agencies'', inserted 
``and counseling'' after ``nutrition'', and inserted before period at 
end ``, with special emphasis on using culturally sensitive practices''.
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 404(a)(3), added par. (5).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 102(b)(1)(A), substituted 
``Administration'' for ``Administration on Aging''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 102(b)(10)(H), substituted 
``State agency and area agency on aging'' for ``State and area agency''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 404(b), added subsec. (e).
    1988--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-628 substituted ``disease and'' for 
``disease and and''.
    1987--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-175, Sec. 105(e)(1), inserted 
``(including mental health)'' after ``health''.
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 100-175, Sec. 134(c)(3), added par. (4).
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-175, Sec. 156(a), substituted ``services to 
individuals with disabilities and to individuals with'' for ``custodial 
and skilled care for older individuals who suffer from'' and ``and 
related disorders with neurological and organic brain dysfunction'' for 
``other neurological and organic brain disorders of the Alzheimer's 
type''.
    1984--Pub. L. 98-459 substituted provisions authorizing Commissioner 
to make grants and enter into contracts to achieve purposes of this 
part, and enumerating those purposes, with special consideration being 
given to recruitment and training of personnel for the care of patients 
suffering from Alzheimer's and related diseases, and requiring the 
inclusion in all projects and activities related to personnel training 
under this part of data on the number of individuals to be trained and 
the number of individuals to be served by such training for provisions 
which had authorized the Commissioner to make grants and enter into 
contracts to assist the Commissioner in recruiting persons to enter the 
field of aging, training volunteers and persons employed in or preparing 
for employment in the field of aging (including such stipends to persons 
participating in training programs as the Commissioner finds 
appropriate), technical assistance, and other activities related to such 
training.


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-175 effective Oct. 1, 1987, except not 
applicable with respect to any area plan submitted under section 3026(a) 
of this title or any State plan submitted under section 3027(a) of this 
title and approved for any fiscal year beginning before Nov. 29, 1987, 
see section 701(a), (b) of Pub. L. 100-175, set out as a note under 
section 3001 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-459 effective Oct. 9, 1984, see section 
803(a) of Pub. L. 98-459, set out as a note under section 3001 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3037 of this title.
