Sec. 203. Community-based training of dental students
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall establish a pilot program under which the Secretary awards grants to eligible entities for the purpose of supporting the community-based training of dental students. Such grants shall be for a 5-year period, beginning in fiscal year 2025. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall— be a Federally-qualified health center, rural health center, or Tribal health facility; and submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
The Secretary shall award 6 grants under this section to eligible entities described in subsection (b). In making such awards, the Secretary shall ensure that each entity receiving a grant operates in a different State (including each of the several States and the District of Columbia), territory, or Tribal territory. In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that— have a focus on training students in rural and underserved areas; partner with dental professional schools and programs associated with a historically Black college or university (as defined by the term part B institution in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1061 )) or minority-serving institutions (as described in section 371 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q )); or are located in a State or geographic area without a dental school.
An eligible entity receiving a grant under this section— shall use such funds to establish a training program for dental, dental hygienist, dental therapy, and dental assistant students in a community-based, outpatient setting; may use such funds— to support faculty and preceptor wages and living stipends for trainees; to purchase equipment, education tools, and make renovations or alterations to a training site; and to provide supportive services such as child care, transportation, and food assistance to enable students to persist in and complete a training program; and may use up to 5 percent of the grant amount for planning and development, data collection and reporting, other administrative purposes.
Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall submit such reports on the program supported by the grant as the Secretary may require. Not later than 1 year after the date on which the program under this section terminates under subsection (f), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the program. The grant program under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2029.
To carry out this section, there is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2025, to remain available through the end of fiscal year 2029.
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