20 U.S.C. § 1161x — School of veterinary medicine competitive grant program
submitted 18 years ago by Pub. L. 89-329 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 591 words · no verdicts yet
This section directs competitive grants to eligible veterinary schools and related entities to increase the number of veterinarians in the workforce and improve public-health preparedness. It sets eligibility, award criteria, uses, definition, and funding rules.
(a) In general. From subsection (g) funds, the HHS Secretary* must competitively grant money to eligible entities to improve public-health preparedness by increasing veterinarians in the workforce.
(b) Eligible entities. An entity must (1) be (A) a public or nonprofit veterinary school accredited by a nationally recognized agency or association recognized by the Education Secretary under part H of subchapter IV; (B) a public or nonprofit comparative-medicine department*, veterinary-science department, public-health school, or medical school with that accreditation and graduate veterinarian training in a public-health practice area determined by HHS; or (C) a public or nonprofit entity that (i) conducts recognized veterinarian residencies approved by an American Veterinary Medical Association-recognized specialty organization and (ii) offers postgraduate veterinarian training in an HHS-determined public-health practice area; and (2) prepare and submit the application and information HHS requires.
(c) Applications. HHS must establish rigorous review and competitive awards based on (1) the applicant’s ability to increase veterinarians trained in specified public-health areas, (2) its ability to increase research capacity on high-priority disease agents, or (3) any other consideration HHS finds necessary.
(d) Preference. HHS must prefer applicants showing a comprehensive approach involving more than one veterinary school, listed department or school, or residency program offering HHS-determined postgraduate public-health training.
(e) Uses. Grant money must increase veterinarians through costs of expanding academic programs at veterinary schools, comparative-medicine or veterinary-science departments, residency entities, or programs offering postgraduate or concurrent veterinary-student training in specialized areas. Costs may include minor classroom, library, and laboratory renovation and improvement.
(f) Definition. “Public health practice area” includes bioterrorism and emergency preparedness, environmental health, food safety and security, regulatory medicine, diagnostic laboratory medicine, and biomedical research.
(g) Authorization. Congress may appropriate whatever sums are necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the next five fiscal years. Appropriated money remains available until spent.
From the amounts appropriated under subsection (g), the Secretary* of Health and Human Services shall award competitive grants to eligible entities for the purpose of improving public health preparedness through increasing the number of veterinarians in the workforce.
To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), an entity shall—
be—
a public or other nonprofit school of veterinary medicine that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary of Education pursuant to part H of subchapter IV;
a public or nonprofit, department* of comparative medicine, department of veterinary science, school of public health, or school of medicine that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary of Education pursuant to part H of subchapter IV and that offers graduate training for veterinarians in a public health practice area as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; or
a public or nonprofit entity that—
conducts recognized residency training programs for veterinarians that are approved by a veterinary specialty organization that is recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association; and
offers postgraduate training for veterinarians in a public health practice area as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and
prepare and submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary of Health and Human Services may require.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish procedures to ensure that applications under subsection (b)(2) are rigorously reviewed and that grants are competitively awarded based on—
the ability of the applicant to increase the number of veterinarians who are trained in specified public health practice areas as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
the ability of the applicant to increase capacity in research on high priority disease agents; or
any other consideration the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines necessary.
In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall give preference to applicants that demonstrate a comprehensive approach by involving more than one school of veterinary medicine, department of comparative medicine, department of veterinary science, school of public health, school of medicine, or residency training program that offers postgraduate training for veterinarians in a public health practice area as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Amounts received under a grant under this section shall be used by a grantee to increase the number of veterinarians in the workforce through paying costs associated with the expansion of academic programs at schools of veterinary medicine, departments of comparative medicine, departments of veterinary science, or entities offering residency training programs, or academic programs that offer postgraduate training for veterinarians or concurrent training for veterinary students in specific areas of specialization, which costs may include minor renovation and improvement in classrooms, libraries, and laboratories.
In this section, the term “public health practice area” includes the areas of bioterrorism and emergency preparedness, environmental health, food safety and food security, regulatory medicine, diagnostic laboratory medicine, and biomedical research.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years. Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–329, title VIII, § 893, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VIII, § 801, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3439.)
- 2008Enacted · Pub. L. 89-329 · 122 Stat. 3439
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