106 STAT. 2030 PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 "(1) IN GENERAL.— Any health professions school receiving a grant under subsection (a) and meeting the conditions described in paragraph (2) or (5) of subsection (c) shall, for purposes of this section, be designated by the Secretary as a Center of Excellence in Minority Health Professions Education. "(2) HISPANIC CENTERS OP EXCELLENCE.—Any health professions school receiving a grant under subsection (a) and meeting the conditions described in subsection (c)(3) shall, for purposes of this section, be designated by the Secretary as a Hispanic Center of Excellence in Health Professions Education. " (3) NATIVE AMERICAN CENTERS OP EXCELLENCE.—Any health professions school receiving a grant under subsection (a) and meeting the conditions described in subsection (c)(4) shall, for purposes of this section, be designated by the Secretary as a Native American Center of Excellence in Health Professions Education. Any consortium receiving such a grant pursuant to subsection (e) shall, for purposes of this section, oe so designated. " (e) AUTHORITY REGARDING NATIVE AMERICAN CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. — " (1) AUTHORITY POR COLLECTIVELY MEETING RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS. —With respect to meeting the conditions specified in subsection (c)(4), the Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) to any school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy that has in accordance with paragraph (2) formed a consortium of schools that meets such conditions (without regard to whether the schools of the consortium individually meet such conditions). "(2) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CONSORTIUM.^A consortium of schools has been formed in accordance with this paragraph if— "(A) the consortium consists of a school seeking a grant pursuant to paragraph (1) and 1 or more schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, or public health; "(B) the schools of the consortium have entered into an agreement for the allocation of such grant among the schools; "(C) each of the schools agrees to expend the grant in accordance with this section; and
- (D) each of the schools of the consortium—
"(i) is part of the same institution of higher education as the school seeking the grant; or "(ii) is located not farther than 50 miles from the school seeking the grant. " (0 DURATION AND AMOUNT OF GRANT. — "(1) DURATION. — The period during which payments are made under a grant under subsection (a) may not exceed 3 years. Such payments shall be subject to annual approval by the Secretary and to the availability of appropriations for the fiscal year involved to make the payments. "(2) AMOUNT. —^A grant under subsection (a) for a fiscal year may not be made in an amount that is less than $500,000. ' ^(g) MAINTENANCE OP EFFORT. — "(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to activities for which a grant under subsection (a) is authorized to be expended, the
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