Sec. 6. Grants to rural serving institutions of higher education for physician assistant education programs
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Part Q of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1161q ) is amended— in section 861(b), by striking For the purposes of this section and inserting For the purposes of this part ; and by inserting after section 861 the following: The Secretary is authorized to award grants on a competitive basis to a rural-serving institution of higher education or a consortium of such institutions— to increase, for students from rural areas, enrollment and graduation rates for postbaccalaureate physician assistant education programs; and to train physician assistants in rural areas through the development of new physician assistant education programs and the expansion of existing physician assistant education programs in rural areas.
A grant awarded under this section shall be awarded for a period of not longer than 3 years. A rural-serving institution of higher education or a consortium of such institutions shall not receive more than one grant under this section. Each rural-serving institution of higher education or consortium of such institutions desiring a grant 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.
In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to applications that demonstrate the most potential and propose the most promising and innovative approaches for— creating new physician assistant education programs in rural areas; increasing the number of physician assistants that practice medicine in rural areas; meeting the employment needs of regional employers of physician assistants with graduates of physician assistant education programs at rural-serving institutions of higher education; and improving the health of Americans residing in rural areas.
A rural-serving institution of higher education or consortium of such institutions that receives a grant under this section shall use grant funds for the establishment and expansion of physician assistant education programs in rural areas. In this section, the term physician assistant education program has the meaning given to such term in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295p ). There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years. .
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Grants to rural serving institutions of higher education for physician assistant education programs
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