42 U.S.C. § 294a
The Secretary shall make the following 2 types of awards in accordance with this section:
The Secretary shall make awards to eligible entities to enable such entities to initiate health care workforce educational programs or to continue to carry out comparable programs that are operating at the time the award is made by planning, developing, operating, and evaluating an area health education center program.
The Secretary shall make awards to eligible entities to maintain and improve the effectiveness and capabilities of an existing area health education center program, and make other modifications to the program that are appropriate due to changes in demographics, needs of the populations served, or other similar issues affecting the area health education center program. For the purposes of this section, the term "Program" refers to the area health education center program.
For purposes of subsection (a)(1), the term "eligible entity" means a school of medicine or osteopathic medicine, an incorporated consortium of such schools, or the parent institutions of such a school. With respect to a State in which no area health education center program is in operation, the Secretary may award a grant or contract under subsection (a)(1) to a school of nursing.
For purposes of subsection (a)(2), the term "eligible entity" means an entity that has received funds under this section, is operating an area health education center program, including an area health education center or centers, and has a center or centers that are no longer eligible to receive financial assistance under subsection (a)(1).
An eligible entity desiring to receive an award under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
An eligible entity shall use amounts awarded under a grant under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) to carry out the following activities:
An eligible entity may use amounts awarded under a grant under subsection (a)(1) or subsection (a)(2) to carry out any of the following activities:
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure the following:
The Secretary shall ensure that each area health education center program includes at least 1 area health education center, and that each such center-
With respect to the costs of operating a program through a grant under this section, to be eligible for financial assistance under this section, an entity shall make available (directly or through contributions from State, county or municipal governments, or the private sector) recurring non-Federal contributions in cash or in kind, toward such costs in an amount that is equal to not less than 50 percent of such costs. At least 25 percent of the total required non-Federal contributions shall be in cash. An entity may apply to the Secretary for a waiver of not more than 75 percent of the matching fund amount required by the entity for each of the first 3 years the entity is funded through a grant under subsection (a)(1).
Not less than 75 percent of the total amount provided to an area health education center program under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) shall be allocated to the area health education centers participating in the program under this section. To provide needed flexibility to newly funded area health education center programs, the Secretary may waive the requirement in the sentence for the first 2 years of a new area health education center program funded under subsection (a)(1).
An award to an entity under this section shall be not less than $250,000 annually per area health education center included in the program involved. If amounts appropriated to carry out this section are not sufficient to comply with the preceding sentence, the Secretary may reduce the per center amount provided for in such sentence as necessary, provided the distribution established in subsection (j)(2) is maintained.
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the period during which payments may be made under an award under subsection (a)(1) may not exceed-
The periods described in paragraph (1) shall not apply to programs receiving point of service maintenance and enhancement awards under subsection (a)(2) to maintain existing centers and activities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, section 295j(a) of this title shall not apply to an area health education center funded under this section.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $41,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
Of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year under paragraph (1)-
An entity that receives an award under this section may carry over funds from 1 fiscal year to another without obtaining approval from the Secretary. In no case may any funds be carried over pursuant to the preceding sentence for more than 3 years.
It is the sense of the Congress that every State have an area health education center program in effect under this section.
42 U.S.C. § 294a
EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 294a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, §762, as added Pub. L. 102-408, title I, §102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 2046, authorized grants and contracts for public health special projects, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105-392.Another prior section 294a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, §728, as added Oct. 12, 1976, Pub. L. 94-484, title IV, §401(b)(3), 90 Stat. 2257; amended Dec. 19, 1977, Pub. L. 95-215, §4(e)(2)-(4), 91 Stat. 1506; Dec. 17, 1980, Pub. L. 96-538, title IV, §401, 94 Stat. 3192; Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97-35, title XXVII, §2726, 95 Stat. 916; Oct. 22, 1985, Pub. L. 99-129, title I, §101, title II, §208(h), 99 Stat. 523, 532; Nov. 4, 1988, Pub. L. 100-607, title VI, §§602(a)-(d), 636, title VII, §707, 102 Stat. 3122, 3149, 3159; Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L. 100-690, title II, §2615(b), 102 Stat. 4239; Aug. 16, 1989, Pub. L. 101-93, §5(g)(1), 103 Stat. 612, related to Federal student loan insurance program, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102-408. See section 292a of this title.Another prior section 294a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, §741, as added Sept. 24, 1963, Pub. L. 88-129, §2(b), 77 Stat. 171; amended Oct. 13, 1964, Pub. L. 88-654, §1(c), (d), 78 Stat. 1086; Oct. 22, 1965, Pub. L. 89-290, §4(b), (f)(3), (4), (g)(1), 79 Stat. 1057, 1058; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89-709, §3(c), (d), 80 Stat. 1103; Nov. 3, 1966, Pub. L. 89-751, §4, 80 Stat. 1230; Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-490, title I, §121(a)(3), (4), (5)(A), 82 Stat. 777; Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-157, title I, §105(b)-(d), (e)(4), (f)(2), 85 Stat. 449-451; Oct. 27, 1972, Pub. L. 92-585, §4, 86 Stat. 1293; Oct. 12, 1976, Pub. L. 94-484, title IV, §§403(a), (b), (d), 407(d)(1), 90 Stat. 2266, 2279, which related to loan provisions, was transferred to section 294n of this title.A prior section 751 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 293o of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-392.Another prior section 751 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 294r of this title prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102-408.Another prior section 751 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 294t of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 97-35.
AMENDMENTS2020-Subsec. (j)(1). Pub. L. 116-136 substituted "$41,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025" for "$125,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014".2014-Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 113-128 substituted "the applicable one-stop delivery system under section 3151(e) of title 29," for "the applicable one-stop delivery system under section 2864(c) of title 29,".2010-Pub. L. 111-148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) to (c) which related to authority for provision of financial assistance, requirements for centers, and allocations and costs.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2014 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 113-128 effective on the first day of the first full program year after July 22, 2014 (July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113-128, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3101 of Title 29, Labor.
WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTSPub. L. 118-47, div. D, title II, Mar. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 649, provided in part: "That for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS [Public Health Service] Act [42 U.S.C. 294a] on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this title as the 'Secretary') may hereafter waive any of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period of a grant under such section".Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:Pub. L. 117-328, div. H, title II, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4854.Pub. L. 117-103, div. H, title II, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 442.Pub. L. 116-260, div. H, title II, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1567.Pub. L. 116-94, div. A, title II, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2556.Pub. L. 115-245, div. B, title II, Sept. 28, 2018, 132 Stat. 3068.Pub. L. 115-141, div. H, title II, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 715.Pub. L. 115-31, div. H, title II, May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 519.Pub. L. 114-113, div. H, title II, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2600. Pub. L. 113-235, div. G, title II, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2467.Pub. L. 113-76, div. H, title II, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 363.
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