subpart ii—nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds

Prior Provisions

A prior subpart II related to capitation grants and consisted of sections 296e to 296i of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–92.

§296r. Special projects

(a) Covered costs

The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit private schools of nursing and other public or nonprofit private entities, and enter into contracts with any public or private entity, to meet the costs of special projects to increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary—

(1) by identifying, recruiting, and selecting such individuals,

(2) by facilitating the entry of such individuals into schools of nursing,

(3) by providing counseling or other services designed to assist such individuals to complete successfully their nursing education,

(4) by providing, for a period prior to the entry of such individuals into the regular course of education at a school of nursing, preliminary education designed to assist them to complete successfully such regular course of education,

(5) by paying such stipends (including allowances for travel and dependents) as the Secretary may determine for such individuals for any period of nursing education,

(6) by publicizing, especially to licensed vocational or practical nurses, existing sources of financial aid available to persons enrolled in schools of nursing or who are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enroll in such schools, and

(7) by providing training, information, or advice to the faculty of such schools with respect to encouraging such individuals to complete the programs of nursing education in which the individuals are enrolled.

(b) Application; contents

No grant or contract may be made under this section unless an application therefor has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary. The Secretary may not approve or disapprove such an application except after consultation with the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education. Such an application shall provide for such fiscal control and accounting procedures and reports, and access to the records of the applicant, as the Secretary may require to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this section.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

For payments under grants and contracts under subsection (a) of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, §827, as added Nov. 4, 1988, Pub. L. 100–607, title VII, §701(a)(3), 102 Stat. 3153; amended Oct. 13, 1992, Pub. L. 102–408, title II, §205, 106 Stat. 2073.)

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–408 struck out "and" after "1990," and inserted before period ", $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1994".

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 298b–7 of this title.