42 U.S.C. § 295a — Public health training centers

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 105-392 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 246 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary may fund public health training centers that improve preventive medicine, health promotion, and access to care in rural or underserved communities. Only accredited public health schools or similar institutions qualify, with schools of public health preferred. A funded center must place students in the field, involve faculty in community projects, serve a specific underserved area, and assess that area's health workforce needs.

(a) In general The Secretary may give grants or contracts to run public health training centers. (b) Eligible entities (1) In general: A training center must be an accredited school of public health, or another public or nonprofit institution accredited to give graduate or specialized public health training. It must plan, build, run, and evaluate projects that improve preventive medicine, health promotion and disease prevention, or access to and quality of health care in rural or medically underserved communities. (2) Preference: The Secretary must favor accredited schools of public health when awarding these grants or contracts. (c) Certain requirements A program cannot get this grant unless it agrees to: (1) set up or strengthen field placements for students at public or nonprofit health agencies or organizations; (2) involve faculty and students in joint projects that improve public health services for underserved communities; (3) name a specific geographic area or underserved population the center will serve, located away from the school's main teaching site; and (4) assess the health workforce needs of that area and help plan training programs to meet them.

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(a) In general

The Secretary may make grants or contracts for the operation of public health training centers.

(b) Eligible entities

(1) In general

A public health training center shall be an accredited school of public health, or another public or nonprofit private institution accredited for the provision of graduate or specialized training in public health, that plans, develops, operates, and evaluates projects to improve preventive medicine, health promotion and disease prevention, or access to and quality of health care services in rural or medically underserved communities.

(2) Preference

In awarding grants or contracts under this section the Secretary shall give preference to accredited schools of public health.

With respect to a public health training center, an award may not be made under subsection (a) unless the program agrees that it—

(1)

will establish or strengthen field placements for students in public or nonprofit private health agencies or organizations;

(2)

will involve faculty members and students in collaborative projects to enhance public health services to medically underserved communities;

(3)

will specifically designate a geographic area or medically underserved population to be served by the center that shall be in a location removed from the main location of the teaching facility of the school that is participating in the program with such center; and

(4)

will assess the health personnel needs of the area to be served by the center and assist in the planning and development of training programs to meet such needs.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 766, as added Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 105, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3554; amended Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title III, § 3401(11), Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 387.)

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1944Enacted · Pub. L. 105-392 · 112 Stat. 3554
2020Amended · Pub. L. 116-136 · 134 Stat. 387

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