AMENDMENTS

1968 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-490, § 122(a), authorized scholarship grants for schools of veterinary medicine. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90-490, § 122(b), authorized the same amount available for fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, for grants for each of the next two fiscal years and necessary sums for fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, rather than 1970, and two succeeding fiscal years for scholarship awards to students initially receiving such awards out of grants made to the school for fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1971, rather than 1969.

Subsec. (c) (1) (D), (E). Pub. L. 90-490, § 122(c) (1), made cl. (D) grant provisions applicable to two fiscal years following June 30, 1969, and substituted "1971" and "1972" for "1969" and "1970", respectively, in cl. E):

Subsec. (c) (2). Pub. L. 90-490, § 122 (c) (2), substituted "of exceptional financial need who needs such financial assistance to" for "from low-income families who, without such financial assistance could not."

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-490, § 111 (c) (4), substituted "National Advisory Council on Health Professions Educational Assistance" for "National Advisory Council on Medical, Dental, Optometric, and Podiatric Education".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT

Section 122(e) of Pub. L. 90-490 provided that: "The amendment made by subsections (a), (b), (c)(1) (to subsecs (a), (b), (c)(1) (D), (E) of this section] and (d) [adding section 295g-1 of this title] shall apply with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending [after] June 30, 1969. The amendments made by subsection (c) (2) [to subsec. (c) (2) of this section] shall apply with respect to scholarships from appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1969."

Amendment of subsec. (g) by Pub. L. 90-490 applicable with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1969, see section 111(d) of Pub. L. 90-490, set out as a note under section 295f of this title.

ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL

The Office of the Surgeon General was abolished by section 3 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3 eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and all functions thereof were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 293d, 2951-1, 295f-4 of this title.

§ 295g-1. Transfer to student loan fund.

Not to exceed 20 per centum of the amount paid to a school from the appropriations for any fiscal year for scholarships under this part, or such larger percentage thereof as the Secretary may approve, may be transferred to the sums available to the school under part C for (and to be regarded as) Federal capital contributions, to be used for the same purpose as such sums. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 781, as added Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90490, title I, § 122(d), 82 Stat. 779.)

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section applicable with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1969, see section 122(e) of Pub. L. 90-490, set out as a note under section 295g of this title.

PART G.-TRAINING IN THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS

§ 295h. Grants for construction of teaching facilities for allied health professions personnel.

(a) Authorization of appropriations.

(1) There are authorized to be appropriated for grants to assist in the construction of new facilities for training centers for allied health professions, or replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities

for such centers, $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; $9,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968; $13,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969; $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970; $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973.

(2) Sums appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall remain available for grants under this section until the close of the next fiscal year.

(b) Approval of applications for construction grants. (1) No application for a grant under this section may be approved unless it is submitted to the Surgeon General prior to July 1, 1972. The Surgeon General may from time to time set dates (not earlier than the fiscal year preceding the year for which a grant is sought) by which applications for grants under this section for any fiscal year must be filed.

(2) A grant under this section may be made only if the application therefor is approved by the Surgeon General upon his determination that—

(A) the applicant is a public or nonprofit private training center for allied health professions; (B) the application contains or is supported by reasonable assurances that (i) for not less than ten years after completion of construction, the facility will be used for the purposes of the training for which it is to be constructed, and will not be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship, (ii) sufficient funds will be available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of constructing the facility, (iii) sufficient funds will be available, when construction is completed, for effective use of the facility for the training for which it is being constructed, and (iv) in the case of an application for a grant for construction to expand the training capacity of a training center for allied health professions, for the first full school year after the completion of the construction and for each of the nine years thereafter, the enrollment of full-time students at such center will exceed the highest enrollment of such students at such school for any of the five full school years preceding the year in which the application is made by at least 5 per centum of such highest enrollment, and the requirements of this clause (iv) shall be in addition to the requirements of section 295h-1(b) (2) of this title. where applicable;

(C) (i) in the case of an application for a grant for construction of a new facility, such application is for aid in the construction of a new training center for allied health professions, or construction which will expand the training capacity of an existing center, or (ii) in the case of an application for a grant for replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities, such application is for aid in construction which will replace or rehabilitate facilities of an existing training center for allied health professions which are so obsolete as to require the center to curtail substantially either its enrollment or the quality of the training provided;

(D) the plans and specifications are in accordance with regulations relating to minimum standards of construction and equipment; and

(E) the application contains or is supported by adequate assurance that any laborer or mechanic employed by any contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on the construction of the facility will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this subparagraph (E), the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 and section 276c of Title 40.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), in the case of an affiliated hospital, an application which is approved by the training center for allied health professions with which the hospital is affiliated and which otherwise complies with the requirements of this section, may be filed by any public or other nonprofit agency qualified to file an application under section 291e of this title.

(4) In the case of any application, whether filed by a training center or, in the case of an affiliated hospital, by any other public or other nonprofit agency, for a grant under this section to assist in the construction of a facility which is a hospital or part of a hospital, as defined in section 2910 of this title, only that portion of the project which the Surgeon General determines to be reasonably attributable to the need of such training center for the project for teaching purposes or in order to expand its training capacities or in order to prevent curtailment of enrollment or quality of training, as the case may be, shall be regarded as the project with respect to which payments may be made under this section.

(5) In considering applications for grants, the Surgeon General shall take into account

(A) the extent to which the project for which the grant is sought will aid in increasing the number of training centers for allied health professions providing training in three or more of the curriculums which are specified in or pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) of section 295h-4 of this title, and are related to each other to the extent prescribed in regulations;

(B) (i) in the case of a project for a new training center for allied health professions or for expansion of the facilities of an existing center, the relative effectiveness of the proposed facilities in expanding the capacity for the training of students in the allied health professions involved and in promoting an equitable geographical distribution of opportunities for such training (giving due consideration to population, relative unavailability of allied health professions personnel of the kinds to be trained by such center, and available resources in various areas of the Nation for training such personnel); or

(ii) in the case of a project for replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities of a training

center for allied health professions, the relative need for such replacement or rehabilitation to prevent curtailment of the center's enrollment or deterioration of the quality of the training provided by the center, and the relative size of any such curtailment and its effect on the geographical distribution of opportunities for training in the allied health professions involved (giving consideration to the factors mentioned above in subparagraph (i)); and

(C) in the case of an applicant in a State which has in existence a State or local area agency involved in plannnig for facilities for the training of allied health professions personnel, or which participates in a regional or other interstate agency involved in planning for such facilities, the relationship of the application to the construction or training program which is being developed by such agency or agencies and, if such agency or agencies have reviewed such application, any comment thereon submitted by them.

(c) Amount of construction grants; payments.

(1) The amount of any grant for a construction project under this section shall be such amount as the Surgeon General determines to be appropriate; except that (A) in the case of a grant for a project for a new training center for allied health professions, and in the case of a grant for a project for new facilities for an existing center where such facilities are of particular importance in providing a major expansion of the training capacity of such center, as determined in accordance with regulations, such amount may not exceed 66 per centum of the necessary cost of construction, as determined by the Surgeon General, of such project; and (B) in the case of any other grant, such amount may not exceed 50 per centum of the necessary cost of construction, as so determined, of the project with respect to which the grant is made.

(2) Upon approval of any application for a grant under this section, the Surgeon General shall reserve, from any appropriation available therefor, the amount of such grant as determined under paragraph (1); the amount so reserved may be paid in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments consistent with construction progress, as the Surgeon General may determine. The Surgeon General's reservation of any amount under this subsection may be amended by him, either upon approval of an amendment of the application or upon revision of the estimated cost of construction of the facility.

(3) In determining the amount of any grant under this section, there shall be excluded from the cost of construction an amount equal to the sum of (A) the amount of any other Federal grant which the applicant has obtained, or is assured of obtaining, with respect to the construction which is to be financed in part by the grant under this section, and (B) the amount of any non-Federal funds required to be expended as a condition of such other Federal grant.

(d) Recapture of payments.

If, within ten years after completion of any construction for which funds have been paid under this section

(1) the applicant or other owner of the facility shall cease to be a public or nonprofit private training center for allied health professions, or

(2) the facility shall cease to be used for the training purposes for which it was constructed (unless the Surgeon General determines, in accordance with regulations, that there is good cause for releasing the applicant or other owner from the obligation to do so), or

(3) the facility is used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship. the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the facility the amount bearing the same ratio to the then value (as determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States district court for the district in which such facility is situated) of the facility, as the amount of the Federal participation bore to the cost of construction of such facility. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 791, as added Nov. 3, 1966, Pub. L. 89-751, § 2, 80 Stat. 1222, and amended Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-490, title III, § 301(a) (1), 82 Stat. 788; Nov. 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91-519, title II, § 201, 84 Stat. 1344.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Davis-Bacon Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (b) (2) (E), is classified to sections 276a to 276a-5 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950, referred to in subsec. (b) (2) (E), is set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Government Organization and Employees.

AMENDMENTS

1970 Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 91-519, § 201(a), authorized appropriations of $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for grants to assist in the construction of new facilities for training centers for allied health professions, and replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities for such centers.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 91-519, § 201(b), substituted "July 1, 1972" for "July 1, 1969”.

1968 Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 90-490, § 301(a)(1) (A), authorized appropriations of $10,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1970.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 90–490, § 301(a) (1) (B), substituted "1969” for “1968".

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 89-751 provided: "That this Act [enacting sections 295h to 295h-5 and 298c to 298c-8 of this title, amending sections 293e, 294a-294d, 296, 297c2971 and 298 of this title, and section 1717 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and under sections 294, 294d, 297c and 297f of this title] may be cited as the 'Allied Health Professions Personnel Training Act of 1966'."

APPLICABILITY OF 1966 REORG. PLAN NO. 3 Section 9 of Pub. L. 89-751 provided that: "The amendments made by this Act [enacting sections 295h to 295h-5 and 298c to 298c-8 of this title, amending sections 293e, 294a-294d, 296, 297c-2971 and 298 of this title, and section 1717 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and under sections 294, 294d, 297c and 297f of this title] shall be subject to the provisions of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1966 [set out as a note under section 202 of this title]."

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 295-1, 295-4 of this title.

§ 295h-1. Grants to improve the quality of training centers for allied health professions.

(a) Basic improvement grants.

(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for basic improvement grants under this subsection.

(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), the Surgeon General may, for each fiscal year in the period beginning July 1, 1966, and ending June 30, 1973, make to each training center for allied health professions whose application for a basic improvement grant has been approved by him a grant equal to the product obtained by multiplying $5,000 by the number of curriculums specified in or pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) of section 295h-4 of this title in which such center provides training during such year, plus the product obtained by multiplying $500 by the number of full-time students in such center receiving training in such curriculums.

(3) The Surgeon General shall not make a grant under this subsection to any center unless the application for such grant contains or is supported by reasonable assurances that for the first school year beginning after the fiscal year for which such grant is made and each school year during which such a grant is made the enrollment of full-time students at such center will exceed the highest enrollment of such students in such center for any of the five school years during the period of July 1, 1961, through July 1, 1966, by at least 21⁄2 per centum of such highest enrollment, or by three students whichever is greater. The requirements of this paragraph shall be in addition to the requirements of section 295h (b) (2) (B) (iv) of this title, where applicable. The Surgeon General is authorized to waive (in whole or in part) the provisions of this paragraph if he determines that the required increase in enrollment of full-time students in a center cannot, because of limitations of physical facilities available to the center for training, be accomplished without lowering the quality of training for such students. (b) Special improvement grants.

There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for special improvement grants to assist training centers for allied health professions in projects for the provision, maintenance, or improvement of the specialized functions which the center serves. (c) Special projects for experimentation, demonstration, and institutional improvement. (1) There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for grants and contracts for special projects under this subsection.

(2) The Secretary is authorized, from sums available therefor from appropriations made under this subsection and subsection (b) of this section, to make grants to public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations, and institutions, and to enter into contracts with individuals, agencies, organizations, and institutions, for special projects related to training or retraining of allied health personnel, including

(A) planning, establishing, demonstrating, or developing new programs, or modifying or expanding existing programs, including interdisciplinary training programs;

(B) developing, demonstrating, or establishing special programs, or adapting existing programs, to reach special groups such as returning veterans with experience in a health field, the economically or culturally deprived, or persons reentering any of the allied health fields;

(C) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating new or improved teaching methods or curriculums;

(D) developing, demonstrating, or establishing interrelationships among institutions which will facilitate the training, retraining, or utilization of allied health manpower;

(E) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating new types of health manpower;

(F) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating techniques for appropriate recognition (including equivalency and proficiency testing mechanisms) of previously acquired training or experience; and (G) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating new or improved means of recruitment, retraining, or retention of allied health manpower. (d) Application for grants.

(1) The Surgeon General may from time to time set dates (not earlier than in the fiscal year preceding the year for which a grant is sought) by which applications for grants under this section for any fiscal year must be filed.

(2) A grant under this section may be made only if the application therefor is approved by the Surgeon General upon his determination that—

(A) in the case of a basic or special improvement grant, it contains or is supported by assurances satisfactory to the Surgeon General that the applicant is a public or nonprofit private training center for allied health professions and will expend in carrying out its functions as such as a center, during the fiscal year for which such grant is sought, an amount of funds (other than funds for construction as determined by the Surgeon General) from non-Federal sources which are at least as great as the average amount of funds expended by such applicant for such purpose in the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year for which such grant is sought;

(B) it contains such additional information as the Surgeon General may require to make the determinations required of him under this section and such assurances as he may find necessary to carry out the purposes of this section; and

(C) it provides for such fiscal control and accounting procedures and reports, and access to the records of the applicant, as the Surgeon Gen

eral may require to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this section.

(3) In considering applications for special improvement grants under subsection (b) of this section and for special project grants under subsection (c) of this section, the Surgeon General shall take into consideration the relative financial need of the applicant for such a grant and the relative effectiveness of the applicant's plan in carrying out the purposes of such grants, and in contributing to an equitable geographical distribution of training centers offering high-quality training of allied health professions personnel. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 792, as added Nov. 3, 1966, Pub. L. 89-751, § 2, 80 Stat. 1226, and amended Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-490, title III, § 301(a)(2), 82 Stat. 788; Nov. 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91-519, title II, § 202 (a), (b), 84 Stat. 1344, 1345.)

AMENDMENTS

1970 Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 91–519, § 202 (a) (1), substituted "(a)(1)” for “(a)" preceding "There are authorized" at the beginning of the section and, in subsec. (a) (1) as so redesignated, substituted authorization of appropriations of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for basic improvement grants for authorization of appropriations for the years 1967 to 1970 for grants to assist training centers for allied health professions.

Subsec. (a) (2). Pub. L. 91-519, § 202 (a) (2) (B), (C), (D), redesignated subsec. (b) (1) as subsec. (a) (2) and in subsec. (a) (2) as so redesignated, substituted paragraph (3) for paragraph (2) and June 30, 1973 for June 30, 1970.

Subsec. (a) (3). Pub. L. 91-519, § 202(a) (2) (E), redesignated subsec. (b) (2) as subsec. (a) (3).

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-519, § 202 (a) (3), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) was redesignated (a) (2), (3). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-519, § 202 (a) (3), substituted provisions covering special projects for experimentation, demonstration, and institutional improvement for provisions covering additional grants, up to a maximum of $100,000 per year, to approve training centers for allied health professions after a determination by the Surgeon General that such grants would be utilized to contribute toward provision, maintenance, or improvement of specialized function which the center serves and to provide training in curriculums under section 295h-4 of this title.

Subsec. (d) (1). Pub. L. 91–519, § 202(b) (A), substituted "grants" for "special improvement grants".

Subsec. (d) (2) (A). Pub. L. 91-519, § 202 (b) (B), made the requirements of subpar. (A) applicable to basic or special improvement grants.

Subsec. (d) (3). Pub. L. 91-519, § 202(b)(C), added reference to special improvement grants under subsec. (b).

1968 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-490, § 301 (a) (2) (A), authorized appropriations of $20,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1970.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 90–490, § 301 (a) (2) (B), substituted "1970" for "1969".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT Section 202 (a) of Pub. L. 91-519 provided in part that the amendment of subsecs. (a), (b), and (c) of this section by section 202(a) of Pub. L. 91-519 are effective with respect to appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970.

Section 202(b) of Pub. L. 91-519 provided in part that the amendment of subsec. (d) of this section by section 202(b) of Pub. L. 91-519 are effective with respect to grants from appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 295h of this title.

§ 295h-2. Traineeships for advanced training of allied health professions personnel.

(a) There are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968; $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969; $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970; $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; to cover the cost of traineeships for the training of allied health professions personnel to teach health services technicians or in any of the allied health professions, to serve in any of such professions in administrative or supervisory capacities, or to serve in allied health professions specialties determined by the Surgeon General to require advanced training. (b) Traineeships under this section shall be awarded by the Surgeon General through grants to public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations, and institutions.

(c) Payments to public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations, and institutions under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, and at such intervals and on such conditions, as the Surgeon General finds necessary. Such payments may be used only for traineeships and shall be limited to such amounts as the Surgeon General finds necessary to cover the costs of tuition and fees, and a stipend and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses) for the trainees. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 793, as added Nov. 3, 1966, Pub. L. 89-751, § 2, 80 Stat. 1228, and amended Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-490, title III, § 301(a) (3), 82 Stat. 788; Nov. 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91-519, title II, § 203, 84 Stat. 1346.)

AMENDMENTS

1970 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-519, § 203 (a), added authorization of appropriations of $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-519, § 203 (b) (1), substituted "agencies, organizations, and institutions" for "training centers for allied health professions".

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-519, § 203 (b)(2), substituted "public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations, and institutions" for "centers" in the first sentence. 1968 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-490 authorized appropriations of $5,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1970.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT

Section 203 (b) of Pub. L. 91-519, provided in part that the amendments to subsecs. (b) and (c) of this section by section 203 (b) of Pub. L. 91-519 are effective with respect to grants from appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 295h-4 of this title.

§ 295h-3. Repealed. Pub. L. 91-519, title II, § 202(d), Nov. 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 1345.

Section, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 794, as added Nov. 3, 1966, Pub. L. 89-751, § 2, 80 Stat. 1228, and amended Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-490, title III, § 301(a) (4), (b), 82 Stat. 788, authorized appropriations of $750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $2,250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, for grants to public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations for projects to develop, demonstrate, or evaluate

curriculums and methods for the training of health technologists.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Section 202 (d) of Pub. L. 91-519 provided in part that the repeal of this section was effective with respect to the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970.

§ 295h-3a. Grants and contracts to encourage full utilization of educational talent for allied health professions.

(a) To assist in meeting the need for additional trained personnel in the allied health professions, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to State or local educational agencies or other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations, or enter into contracts without regard to section 5 of Title 41, for the purpose of

(1) identifying individuals of financial, educational, or cultural need with a potential for education or training in the allied health professions, including returning veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States with training or experience in the health field, and encouraging and assisting them, whenever appropriate, to (A) complete secondary school, (B) undertake such postsecondary training as may be required to qualify them for training in the allied health professions, and (C) undertake post-secondary educational training in the allied health professions, or

(2) publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to persons undertaking training or education in the allied health professions.

(b) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $1,250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 3, 1973. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 794A, as added Nov. 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91-519, title II, § 204, 84 Stat. 1346.)

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 91-519 provided that "This Act [enacting this section and sections 295h-3b to 295h-3d, 295h-8 and 295h-9 of this title, amending sections 295f-1, 295f-2, 295h to 295h-2, 295h-4 and 295h-7 of this title, repealing section 295h-3 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 2951-1, 295-12, and 295h-4 of this title] may be cited as the 'Health Training Improvement Act of 1970'."

§ 295h-3b. Scholarship grants.

(a) Public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations.

The Secretary is authorized to make (in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe) grants to public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations with an established program for training or retraining of personnel in the allied health professions or occupations specified by the Secretary for (1) scholarships to be awarded by such agency, institution, or organization to students thereof, and (2) scholarships in retaining programs of such agency, institution, or organization to be awarded to allied health professions personnel in occupations for which such agency, institution, or organization determines that there is a need for the development of, or the expansion of, training. (b) Financial need.

Scholarships awarded by any agency, institution, or organization from grants under subsection (a)