PUBLIC LAW 105-392—NOV. 13, 1998
112 STAT. 3569
improve access to primary health care in medically underserved
communities;
"(2) providing care for underserved populations and other
high-risk groups such as the elderly, individuals with HIV-
AIDS, substance abusers, the homeless, and victims of domestic
violence;
"(3) providing managed care, quality improvement, and
other skills needed to practice in existing and emerging organized health care systems;
"(4) developing cultural competencies among nurses;
"(5) expanding the enrollment in baccalaureate nursing
programs;
"(6) promoting career mobility for nursing personnel in
a variety of training settings and cross training or specialty
training among diverse population groups;
"(7) providing education in informatics, including distance
learning methodologies; or
"(8) other priority areas as determined by the Secretary.";
(5) by adding at the end the following:
"PART F—FUNDING
"SEC. 841. FUNDING.
42 USC 297q.
"(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —For the purpose of
carrying out parts B, C, and D (subject to section 845(g)), there
are authorized to be appropriated $65,000,000 for fiscal year 1998,
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1999 through 2002.
"(b) ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1998 THROUGH 2002. —
" (1) NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE MIDWIVES. —
"(A) FISCAL YEAR 1998. — Of the amount appropriated
under subsection (a) for fiscal year 1998, the Secretary
shall reserve not less than $17,564,000 for making awards
of grants and contracts under section 822 as such section
was in effect for fiscal year 1998.
"(B) FISCAL YEARS 1999 THROUGH 2002.— Of the amount
appropriated under subsection (a) for fiscal year 1999 or
any of the fiscal years 2000 through 2002, the Secretary,
subject to subsection (d), shall reserve for the fiscal year
involved, for making awards of grants and contracts under
part B with respect to nurse practitioners and nurse midwives, not less than the percentage constituted by the
ratio of the amount appropriated under section 822 as
such section was in effect for fiscal year 1998 to the total
of the amounts appropriated under this title for such fiscal
year. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Secretary,
in determining the amount that has been reserved for
the fiscal year involved, shall include any amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for the fiscal year that are
obligated by the Secretary to continue in effect grants
or contracts under section 822 as such section was in
effect for fiscal year 1998.
" (2) NURSE ANESTHETISTS.—
"(A) FISCAL YEAR 1998. —Of the amount appropriated
under subsection (a) for fiscal year 1998, the Secretary
shall reserve not less than $2,761,000 for making awards
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