§ 296m. Workforce diversity grants
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(a)In general
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(2)has been enacted. Authority The Secretary may award grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities to meet the costs of special projects to increase nursing education opportunities for individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented among registered nurses) by providing student scholarships or stipends, stipends for diploma or associate degree nurses to enter a bridge or degree completion program, student scholarships or stipends for accelerated nursing degree programs, pre-entry preparation, advanced education preparation, and retention activities.
(b)Guidance In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into consideration the recommendations of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice and consult with nursing associations including the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations, American 2 Nurses Association, the National League for Nursing, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the National Black Nurses Association, the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, the Association of Asian American and Pacific Islander Nurses, the Native American Indian and Alaskan Nurses Association, and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, and other organizations determined appropriate by the Secretary.
(c)Required information and conditions for award recipients
(1)In general Recipients of awards under this section may be required, where requested, to report to the Secretary concerning the annual admission, retention, and graduation rates for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds and ethnic and racial minorities in the school or schools involved in the projects.
(2)Falling rates If any of the rates reported under paragraph
(1)fall below the average of the two previous years, the grant or contract recipient shall provide the Secretary with plans for immediately improving such rates.
(3)Ineligibility A recipient described in paragraph
(2)shall be ineligible for continued funding under this section if the plan of the recipient fails to improve the rates within the 1-year period beginning on the date such plan is implemented.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 821, as added Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 123(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3568; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5404, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 649.)
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- Public Law 94–484To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of assistance under title VII for training In the health and allied health professions, to revise the National Health Service Corps program and the National Health Service Corps scholarship training program, and for other purpo
- Public Law 101–93To amend the Public Health Service Act to make technical corrections relating to subtitles A and G of title II of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and for other purposes
- Public Law 105–392To amend the Public Health Service Act to consolidate and reauthorize health professions and minority and disadvantaged health education programs, and for other purposes
- Public Law 97–35To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 301 of the first concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 1982
- Public Law 99–92To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the programs of assistance for nurse education
- Public Law 96–76To amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend through fiscal year 1980 the program of assistance for nurse training, and for other purposes
- Public Law 95–83To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend through the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, the assistance programs for health services research ; health statistics: comprehensive public health services; hypertension programs; migrant health; community health centers; medical libraries; canc
- Public Law 94–63To amend the Public Health Service Act and related health laws to revise and extend the health revenue sharing program, the family planning programs, the community mental health centers program, the program for migrant health centers and community health centers, the National Health Service Corps pr
- Public Law 102–408To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend certain programs relating to the education of individuals as health professionals, and for other purposes
- Public Law 111–148Entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Public Law 100–607To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish certain health programs, to revise and extend certain health programs, and Tor other purposes
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- July 1, 1944, ch. 373
- Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 123(4)
- 112 Stat. 3568
- Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5404
- 124 Stat. 649
- act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 822
- Pub. L. 94–63, title IX, § 931(a)
- 89 Stat. 361
- Pub. L. 95–83, title III, § 307
- 91 Stat. 393
- Pub. L. 96–76, title I, § 107
- 93 Stat. 579
- Pub. L. 97–35, title XXVII, § 2755
- 95 Stat. 930
- Pub. L. 99–92, § 5
- 99 Stat. 394
- Pub. L. 99–129, title II, § 227(c)
- 99 Stat. 548
- Pub. L. 100–607, title VII, § 703
- 102 Stat. 3157
- Pub. L. 101–93, § 5(q)
- 103 Stat. 614
- Pub. L. 101–597, title IV, § 401(b)[(a)]
- 104 Stat. 3035
- Pub. L. 102–408, title II, § 204
- 106 Stat. 2072
- Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 123(1)
- 112 Stat. 3562
- Pub. L. 105–392
- Pub. L. 111–148, § 5404(1)
- Pub. L. 111–148, § 5404(2)
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ActJuly 1, 1944, ch. 373
Pub. L.Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 123(4)
Stat.112 Stat. 3568
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5404
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