- financial need. Provides for a 3-year program of grants to institutions having established programs for the training or retraining of allied health professions personnel to assist them in the operation of work-study programs for individuals undergoing training or retraining in the allied health professions. Provides for a program under which allied health professions training institutions would receive grants or loans to establish student loan funds. Provides that loans would be made to students from such student loan funds, and loans would be repayable with interest at the rate of 3 percent per year. Provides that the maximum loan per year would be $1,500 with an aggregate ceiling to any individual of $6,000. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of allied health programs, under the Public Health Service Act and under laws administered by the Commissioner of Education, to determine their adequacy and effectiveness. Provides that any appropriation act appropriating funds for any fiscal year for payments under grants or contracts under part G of title VII of the Public Health Service Act could also appropriate for such payments for such succeeding fiscal year. Asserts that funds so appropriated cannot be made available for obligation for payments before the fiscal year for which such funds are authorized to be appropriated. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prepare and submit to Congress before July 1, 1971, a report identifying major problems associated with licensure, certification, and other qualifications for practice or employment of health personnel, together with summaries of the activities (if any) of Federal agencies, professional organizations, or other instrumentalities directed toward the alleviation of such problems. C. TEXT OF THE LAW Following is the text of Public Law 91-519. AN ACT To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish eligibility of new schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, pharmacy, optometry, veterinary medicine, and podiatry for institution grants under section 771 thereof, to extend and improve the program relating to training of personnel in the allied health professions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Health Training the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Health Training TITLE I-SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, DENTISTRY, INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS Improvement 84 Stat. 1342. SEC. 101. (a) Section 771 of the Public Health Service Act 84 Stat. 1343. (42 U.S.C. 295f-1) is amended by adding at the end thereof 82 Stat. 775. the following new subsection: 42 USC 295f. Funds, availability. Report to 82 Stat. 774. 42 USC 795f. 80 Stat. 1222; 82 Stat. 788. "(d) In the case of a new school of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, pharmacy, optometry, veterinary medicine, or podiatry, which applies for a grant under this section in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which it will admit its first class, the enrollment for purposes of subparagraph (a) (1)(A) of this section shall be the number of full-time students which the Secretary determines, on the basis of assurances provided by the school, will be enrolled in the school, in the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the grant is made." (b) The amendment made by section (a) of this section shall be effective only with respect to sums available for grants under section 771 of the Public Health Service Act from appropria tions under section 770 of such Act for the fiscal years ending after June 30, 1970. MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCHOOLS IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS SEC. 102. (a) Section 772 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295f-2) is amended (1) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Sums appropriated under section 770 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, for grants under this section to assist any such schools which are in serious financial straits to meet their costs of operation shall remain available to make such grants until June 30, 1972."; and (2) by inserting "(a)" after "Sec. 772." and by adding the end the following new subsection: "(b) The Congress finds and declares that the Nation's economy, welfare, and security are adversely affected by the acute financial crisis which threatens the survival of medical and dental schools which provide the highest quality of teaching, medical and dental research, and delivery of health care for the Nation. The Secretary shall determine the need for emergency financial assistance to such medical and dental schools and shall report to the Congress on or before June 30, 1971, his determinations of such need and his recommendations for such administrative and legislative action as he determines is necessary to meet such needs.". (b) The amendment made by paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall apply only with respect to appropria tions under section 770 of the Public Health Service Act made after the date of the enactment of this Act. TITLE II-ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TEACHING FACILITIES FOR ALLIED SEC. 201. (a) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 791 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h (a) (1)) is amended (1) by striking out "and" after "June 30, 1969;", and (2) by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: "; $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971; $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973." (b) Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out "July 1, 1969" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1972”. GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TRAINING FOR ALLIED HEALTH SEC. 202. (a) Effective with respect to appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970, section 792 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h-1(a)) is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) of such section is amended to read as follows: "Basic Improvement Grants "SEC. 792. (a) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the fiscal ending June 30, 1971, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending Junt 30, 1972, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for basic improvement grants under this subsection." (2) Subsection (b) of such section is amended (A) by striking out the subsection heading, (B) by striking out “(b) (1)” and inserting in lieu thereof "(2)", (C) by striking out "paragraph (2)" and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (3)", (D) by striking out "June 30, 1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1973", and (E) by striking out "(2)" in paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "(3)". (3) Subsection (c) is repealed and the following new sub- Repeal. sections are inserted immediately before subsection (d): "Special Improvement Grants "(b) There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for special improvement grants to assist training centers for allied health professions in projects for the 84 Stat. 1345 provision, maintenance, or improvement of the specialized functions which the center serves. "Special Projects for Experimentation, Demonstration, and Institutitonal Improvement "(c) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for grants and contracts for special projects under this subsection. Contract authority. 80 Stat. 1227. 42 USC 295h-1. "(2) The Secretary is authorized, from sums available therefor from appropriations made under this subsection and subsection (b), to make grants to public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations, and institutions, and to enter into contracts with individuals, agencies, organizations, and institutions, for special projects related to training or retraining of allied health personnel, including “(Á) planning, establishing, demonstrating, or developing new programs, or modifying or expanding existing programs, including interdisciplinary training programs: "(B) developing, demonstrating, or establishing special programs, or adapting existing programs, to reach special groups such as returning veterans with experience in a health field, the economically or culturally deprived, or persons reentering any of the allied health fields; "(C) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating new or improved teaching methods or curriculums; "(D) developing, demonstrating, or establishing interrelationships among institutions which will facilitate the training, retraining, or utilization of allied health manpower; "(E) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating new types of health manpower; "(F) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating techniques for appropriate recognition (including equivalency and proficiency testing mechanisms) of previously acquired training or experience; and "(G) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating new or improved means of recruitment, retraining, or retention of allied health manpower." (b) Effective with respect to grants from appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970, subsection (d) of section 792 is amended (A) by striking out "basic or special improvement” in paragraph (1); (B) by inserting "in the case of a basic or special improve grant," immediately after "(A)” in paragraph (2) (A); and (C) by striking out "for grants under subsection (c)“ in paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof "for special improvement grants under subsection (b) and for special project grants under subsection (c)". (c) Effective with respect to grants from appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970, section 795 (3) of such Act (42 U.S.Č. 295h-4) is amended by striking out "as applied to any training center for allied health professions" and inserting in lieu thereof ", as applied to any training center for allied health professions or to any private agency, organization, or institution,". ) Effective with respect to the fiscal year beginning ed. RAINEESHIPS FOR ADVANCED TRAINING OF ALLIED HEALTH Repeal Effective date. 82 Stat. 788. 84 Stat. 1346 82 Stat. 788. EC. 203. (a) Subsection (a) of section 793 of the Public 80 Stat. 1228; 1th Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h-2(a)) is amended (1) by ing out "and" after "June 30, 1969;", and (2) by inserting r "June 30, 1970;" the following: "$8,000,000 for the fiscal ending June 30, 1971; $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending e 30, 1972; and $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 1973". b) Effective with respect to grants from appropriations for fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970 1) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out aining centers for allied health professions" and inserting in thereof "agencies, organizations, and institutions". 2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking out nters" and inserting in lieu thereof "public or nonprofit prie agencies, organizations, and institutions". COURAGEMENT OF FULL UTILIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL TALENT 295h-7. SEC. 204. Part G of title VII of the Public Health Service Act 42 USC 295hamended by adding immediately after section 793 thereof the llowing new sections: RANTS AND CONTRACTS TO ENCOURAGE FULL UTILIZATION OF "SEC. 794A. (a) To assist in meeting the need for additional "(1) identifying individuals of financial, educational, or cultural need with a potential for education or training in the allied health professions, including returning veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States with training or experience in the health field, and encouraging and assisting them, whenever appropriate, to (A) complete secondary school, (B) undertake such postsecondary training as may be required to qualify them for training in the allied health professions, and (C) undertake postsecondary educational training in the allied health professions, or"(2) publicizing existing sources of financial aid avail-. able to persons undertaking training or education in the allied health professions. 58-451-71--14 |