PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 106 STAT. 2039 "(3) APPLICABILITY OF PROVISION REGARDING CENTERS. — Paragraph (2) shall apply only in the case of an area health education center program for which the initial award under subsection (a)(1) is provided on or after the date of the enactment of the Health Professions Education Extension Amendments of 1992. "(f) HEALTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTERS. —
- (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide financial
assistance to schools of medicine and osteopathic medicine for the purpose of planning, developing, establishing, maintaining, and operating health education and training centers— "(A) to improve the supply, distribution, quality, and efficiency of personnel provichng health services in the State of Florida or (in the United States) along the border between the United States and Mexico; " (B) to improve the supply, distribution, quality, and efficiency of personnel providing, in other urban and rural areas (including frontier areas) of the United States, health services to any population group, including Hispanic individuals, that has demonstrated serious unmet health care needs; and "(C) to encourage health promotion and disease prevention through public education in the areas described. "(2) ARRANGEMENTS WITH OTHER ENTITIES. —The Secretary may not provide financial assistance under paragraph (1) unless the applicant for such assistance agrees, in carrying out the purpose described in such paragraph, to enter into arrangements with one or more public or nonprofit private entities in the State that have expertise in providing health education to the public. "(3) SERVICE AREA.— The Secretary shall, after consultation with health education and training centers, designate the geographic area in which each such center will carry out the purpose described in paragraph (1). The service area of such a center shall be located entirely within the State in which the center is located. Each border health education and training center shall be located in a county (or other political subdivision) of the State in close proximity to the border between the United States and Mexico. "(4) ADVISORY GROUP; OPERATIONAL PLAN. — The Secretary may not provide financial assistance under paragraph (1) unless the applicant for such assistance agrees— "(A) to establish an advisory group comprised of health service providers, educators and consumers from the service area and of faculty from participating schools; "(B) after consultation with such advisory group, to develop a plan for carrying out the purpose described in paragraph (1) in the service area; "(C) to enter into contracts, as needed, with other institutions or entities to carry out such plan; and "(D) to be responsible for the evaluation of the program. "(5) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES. —The Secretary may not provide financial assistance under paragraph (1) unless the applicant for such assistance agrees— "(A) to evaluate the specific service needs for health care personnel in the service area;
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