PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988

102 STAT. 3135

Grants.
Contracts.

"(A) to plan and develop new residency training pro-
grams and to maintain or improve existing residency train-
ing programs in preventive medicine; and

"(B) to provide financial assistance to residency trainees
enrolled in such programs.
"(2) ADMINISTRATION.—

"(A) AMOUNT.—The amount of any grant under para-
graph (1) shall be determined by the Secretary.

"(B) APPLICATION.—No grant may be made under para- Regulations.
graph (1) unless an application therefor is submitted to and
approved by the {Secretary. Such an application shall be in
such form, submitted in such manner, and contain such
information, as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe.
"(C) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under para-
graph (1), the applicant must demonstrate to the Secretary
that it has or will have available full-time faculty members
with training and experience in the fields of preventive
medicine and support from other faculty members trained
in public health and other relevant specialties and dis-
ciplines.

"(D) OTHER FUNDS.—Schools of medicine, osteopathy, and
public health may use funds committed by State, local, or
county public health officers as matching amounts for Fed-
eral grant funds for residency training programs in preven-
tive medicine.
"(d) PROGRAMS FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants to and
enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private schools of
medicine and osteopathy and other public or nonprofit private
entities to meet the costs of projects to plan, develop, and
operate or maintain programs for the training of physician
assistants (as defined in section 701(8)).

"(2) APPLICATIONS.—No grant or contract may be made under
paragraph (1) unless the application therefor contains or is
supported by assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the
school or entity receiving the grant or contract has appropriate
mechanisms for placing graduates of the training program with
respect to which the application is submitted in positions for
which they have been trained.

"(e) CERTAIN PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS
OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE.—The Secretary may make grants to, and
enter into contracts with, public and nonprofit private hospitals and
schools of podiatric medicine for the purpose of planning and im-
plementing projects in primary care training for podiatric physi-
cians in approved or provisionally approved residency programs
which shall provide financial assistance in the form of traineeships
to residents who participate in such projects and who plan to
specialize in primary care.

"(f) AUTHORIZATIONS.—(1XA) For the purpose of carrying out
subsections (a), (b), and (e), there are authorized to be appropriated
$2,400,000 for fiscal year 1989, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and
$4,000,000 for fiscal year 1991.

"(B) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (A)
for each of the fiscal years 1989 through 1991, the Secretary shall
make available 20 percent of such amounts to carry out subsection
(a) and 25 percent of such amounts to carry out subsection (e).