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PUBLIC LAW 91-519-NOV. 2, 1970
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health professions in projects for the provision, maintenance, or improvement of the specialized functions which the center serves. ^'Special Projects for Experimentation, Demonstration, and Institutional Improvement " (c)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for grants and contracts for special projects under this subsection. "(2) The Secretary is authorized, from sums available therefor from appropriations made under this subsection and subsection (b), to make grants to public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations, and institutions, and to enter into contracts with individuals, agencies, organizations, and institutions, for special projects related to training or retraining of allied health personnel, including— " (A) planningj establishing, demonstrating, or developing new programs, or modifying or expanding existing programs, including interdisciplinary training programs; "(B) develoj^ing, demonstrating, or establishing special programs, or adapting existing programs, to reach special groups such as returning veterans with experience in a health field, the economically or culturally deprived, or persons reentering any of the allied health fields; " (C) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating new or improved teaching methods or curriculums; "(D) developing, demonstrating, or establishing interrelationships amon^ institutions which will facilitate the training, retraining, or utilization of allied health manpower; "(E) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating new types of health manpower; "(F) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating techniques for appropriate recognition (including equivalency and proficiencjjr testing mechanisms) of previously acquired training or experience; and "(G) developing, demonstrating, or evaluating new or improved means of recruitment, retraining, or retention of allied health manpower." (b) Effective with respect to grants from appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970, subsection (d) of section 792 is amended— (A) by striking out "basic or special improvement" in paragraph (1); (B) by inserting "in the case of a basic or special improvement grant," immediately after " (A) " in paragraph (2)(A); and (C) by striking out "for grants under subsection fc)" in paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof "for special improvem^it grants under subsection (b) and for special project grants under subsection (c)". (c) Effective with respect to grants from appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970^ section 796(3) of such Act (42 TJ.S.C. 295h-4) is amended by striking out "as applied to any training center for allied health professions'" and inserting in lieu thereoi ", as applied to any training center for allied health professions or to any private agency, organization, or institution^". (d) Effective with respect to the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970, section 794 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 295h-3) is repealed.
Contract authoi ity.
80 Stat. 1227. 42 USC 295h-l,
Repeal. Effective date» 80 Stat. 1228; 82 Stat. 788.
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