Sec. 31012. Funding for hospice and palliative nursing
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, to establish a program to award grants and contracts to accredited schools of nursing, health care facilities, programs leading to certification as a certified nurse assistant, partnerships of such schools and facilities, or partnerships of such programs and facilities to develop and implement, in coordination with other hospice and palliative care programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, programs and initiatives to train and educate individuals in providing interprofessional, interdisciplinary, team-based palliative care in health-related educational, hospital, hospice, home, or long-term care settings.
Amounts made available to an awardee pursuant to subsection
(a)shall be used to— provide training to individuals who will provide palliative care in health-related educational, hospital, home, hospice, or long-term care settings; develop and disseminate curricula relating to palliative care in health-related educational, hospital, home, hospice, or long-term care settings; train faculty members in palliative care in health-related educational, hospital, home, hospice, or long-term care settings; and provide continuing education to individuals who provide palliative care in health-related educational, home, hospice, or long-term care settings.