102 STAT. 3162

PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988

"(B) The term 'migrant health center* has the meaning given
such term in section 329(aXD.

"(C) The term 'nursing facility' has the meaning given such
term in section 1919(a) of the Social Security Act (as such
section is in effect during fiscal year 1991 and subsequent fiscal
years), except that for fiscal years 1989 and 1990, such term
means an intermediate care facility and a skilled nursing facil-
ity, as such terms are defined in subsections (c) and (i), respec-
tively, of section 1905 of the Social Security Act.

"(D) The term 'rural health clinic* has the meaning given

such term in section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act/'.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS FOR LOAN REPAYMENTS.—

Subpart II of part B of title VIII (42 U.S.C. 297a et seq.) is amended

by inserting after section 837 the following new section:

"AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR LOAN REPAYMENTS FOR

SERVICE IN CERTAIN HEALTH FACILITIES

42 use 297o-i. "SEC. 837A. For the purpose of payments under agreements en-
tered into under section 836(h), there is authorized to be appro-
priated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1989 through 1991.".

SEC. 715. NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS.

Part B of title VIH (42 U.S.C. 297 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subpart:

"Subpart III—Scholarships
"UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONAL NURSES

Grants. "SEC. 843. (a) The Secretary may make grants to public and

42 USC 297j. nonprofit private schools accredited for the training of professional
nurses for the purpose of providing scholarships to individuals who
are enrolled (or accepted for enrollment) as nursing students of such
schools and who are in financial need with respect to attending such
schools.

"(b) The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a)
unless the applicant for the grant agrees that, in providing scholar-
ships pursuant to the grant, the applicant will give preference to
individuals from disadvantage*! backgrounds (as determined in
accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary under section
844(a)).

"(c) The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a)
unless the applicant for the grant agrees that, in providing scholar-
ships pursuant to the grant, the applicant will provide a scholarship
to an individual only if the individual agrees that, upon graduating
from the program of nursing education offered by the applicant, the
individual wfll serve as nurse for a period of not less than two years
in an Indian Health Service health center, in a Native Hawaiian
health center, in a public hospital, in a migrant health center, in a
community health center, in a nursing facility, in a rural health
clinic, or in a health facility determined by the Secretary to have a
critical shortage of nurses.

"(d) The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a)
unless the applicant for the grant agrees that a scholarship provided
pursuant to such subsection for attendance at a school described in
such subsection may not, for any year of such attendance for which
the scholarship is made, provide an amount exceeding an amount