PUBLIC LAW 107-251—OCT. 26, 2002 116 STAT. 1629 "(B) TYPES OF GRANTS.—The Director may award the grants— "(i) to promote expanded delivery of health care services in rural areas under subsection (e); "(ii) to provide for the planning and implementation of integrated health care networks in rural areas under subsection (f); and "(iii) to provide for the planning and implementation of small health care provider quality improvement activities under subsection (g). "(e) RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES OUTREACH GRANTS.— "(1) GRANTS.— The Director may award grants to eligible entities to promote rural health care services outreach by expanding the delivery of health care services to include new and enhanced services in rural areas. The Director may award the grants for periods of not more than 3 years. "(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection for a project, an entity— "(A) shall be a rural public or rural nonprofit private entity; "(B) shall represent a consortium composed of members— "(i) that include 3 or more health care providers; and "(ii) that may be nonprofit or for-profit entities; and "(C) shall not previously have received a grant under this subsection for the same or a similar project, unless the entity is proposing to expand the scope of the project or the area that will be served through the project. "(3) APPLICATIONS. —To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity, in consultation with the appropriate State office of rural health or another appropriate State entity, shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including— "(A) a description of the project that the eligible entity will carry out using the funds provided under the grant; "(B) a description of the manner in which the project funded under the grant will meet the health care needs of rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served; "(C) a description of how the local community or region to be served will be involved in the development and ongoing operations of the project; "(D) a plan for sustaining the project after Federal support for the project has ended; "(E) a description of how the project will be evaluated; and "(F) other such information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, " (f) RURAL HEALTH NETWORK DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.— "(1) GRANTS. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —The Director may award rural health network development grants to eligible entities to promote, through planning and implementation, the development of integrated health care networks that have
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