PUBLIC LAW 94-484—OCT. 12, 1976
90 STAT. 2253
(2) at such intervals and on such conditions as the Secretary may find necessary, and (3) with appropriate adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments previously made.". P A Y M E N T FOR TUITION AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES
SEC. 209. Part A of title VII is amended by adding after section 710 (added by section 208) the following new section: a P A Y M E N T FOR TUITION AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL COSTS
"SEC. 711. The Secretary shall by regulation establish criteria for Regulation, determining allowable increases in tuition and other educational costs 42 USC 292k. for which he shall be responsible for payment under any provision of this title after the date of enactment of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976.". Ante, p. 2243. TITLE III—ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION O F TEACHING F A C I L I T I E S REGIONAL H E A L T H PROFESSIONS PROGRAMS
SEC. 301. Section 721 is amended by adding after subsection (e) the following new subsection: "(f)(1) An application for a grant under subsection (a) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, for an affiliated clinical facility for the establishment or expansion of a regional health professions program may be filed by any public or other nonprofit agency if the application is approved by the school of veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, or pharmacy with which the facility is affiliated. Only that portion of the project to construct such a facility which the Secretary determines to be reasonably attributable to the need of the regional health professions program for the facility for teaching purposes shall be regarded as the project with respect to which payments may be made under section 722. " (2) In considering applications for grants under subsection (a) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications for facilities for the establishment or expansion of regional health professions programs. "(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'regional health professions program' refers to an interstate program (A) in which a State with an existing degree-granting school of veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, or pharmacy sets up a cooperative program with another State (or other States) which does not have such a school, and (B) which provides for (i) a shared curriculum between two or more schools, or (ii) a single campus which is cooperatively financed and controlled by two or more States,". GRANT AUTHORITY;
GRANT AUTHORITY; AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS
"SEC. 720. (a)(1) The Secretary may make grants to assist in the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and professional public health personnel.
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AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 302. Section 720 is amended to read as follows: ii
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