PUBLIC LAW 94-484—OCT. 12, 1976 professions data under an arrangement with the Secretary for purposes of this section. (d) The Secretary shall submit, not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act, to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate— (1) a report on the results of the studies conducted under subsection (a); (2) the report developed under subsection (b); and (3) a report on, including an evaluation of, activities conducted under subpart II of part G of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (relating to allied health personnel). The report described in paragraph (3) shall contain such recommendations for legislation as the Secretary determines are needed to improve the programs authorized under such subpart. The Office of Management and Budget may review such report before its submission to such Committees, b u t the Office may not revise the report or delay its submission beyond the date prescribed for its submission and may submit to such Committees its comments respecting such report. (e) For the purposes of this section, the term "allied health personnel" means individuals with t r a i n i n g and responsibilities for (1) supporting, complementing, or supplementing the professional functions of physicians, dentists, and other health professionals in the delivery of health care to patients, or (2) assisting environmental engineers and other personnel in environmental health control and preventive medicine activities.
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Reports to congressional committees.
Ante, p. 2306. Legislative recommendations.
"Allied health personnel."
TITLE VIII—SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
SEC. 801. (a) Effective October 1, 1976, part F of title VII is amended to read as follows: " P A R T F — G R A N T S AND CONTRACTS FOR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS "PROJECT G R A N T S FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENTS OF FAMILY MEDICINE
" SEC. 780. (a) The Secretary may make grants to schools of medi- 42 USC 295g. cine and osteopathy to meet the costs of projects to establish and maintain academic administrative units (which may be departments, divisions, or other units) to provide clinical instruction in family medicine. " (b) The Secretary may not approve an application for a grunt Application, under subsection (a) unless such application contains— " (1) assurance satisfactory to the Secretary that the academic administrative unit with respect to which the application is made will (A) be comparable to academic administrative units for other major clinical specialties offered by the applicant, (B) be responsible for directing an amount of the curriculum for each member of the student body engaged in an education program leading to the awarding of the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy which amount is determined by the Secretary to be comparable to the amount of curriculum required for other major clinical specialties in the school, (C) have a number
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