Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 4.djvu/159

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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988

102 STAT. 3129

"(A) to evaluate the specific service needs for health care personnel in the service area; "(B) to assist in the planning, development, and conduct of training pn^^ams to meet the needs identified pursuant to subparagraph (A); "(C) to conduct or support not less than one training and education program for physicians and one program for nurses for at least a portion of the clinical training of such students; "(D) to conduct or support training in health education services, including training to prepare community health workers to implement health education programs in communities, health departments, health clinics, and public schools that are located in the service area; "(E) to conduct or support continuing medical education programs for physicians and other health professionals (including allied health personnel) practicing in the service area; "(F) to support health career educational opportunities designed to provide students residing in the service area with counseliujg, education, and training in the health professions; "(G) with respect to border health education and training Mexico. centers, to assist in coordinating its activities and programs carried out pursuant to paragraph (I)(A) with any similar programs and activities carried out in Mexico along the border between the United States and Mexico; and "(H) to make available technical assistance in the service area in the aspects of health care organization, financing and delivery. "(6) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that— "(A) not less than 75 percent of the total funds provided to a school or schools of medicine or osteopathy will be expended in the development and operation of the health education and training center in the service area of such program; "(B) to the maximum extent feasible, the school of medicine or osteopathy will obtain from nongovernmental sources the amount of the total operating funds for such program which are not provided by the Secretary; "(C) no grant or contract shall provide funds solely for the planning or development of a health education and training center p n ^ a m for a period in excess of two years; "(D) not more than 10 percent of the annual budget of each program may be utilized for the renovation and equipping of clinical teaching sites; and "(E) no grant or contract shall provide funds to be used outside the United States except as the Secretary may prescribe for travel and communications purposes related to the conduct of a border health education and training center. "(7) For purposes of this subsection: "(A) The term Twrder health education and training center' means an entity that is a recipient of a contract under paragraph (1) and that is carrying out (or will carry out) the purpose described in subparagraph (A) of such paragraph. "(B) The term 'health education and training center' means an entity that is a recipient of a contract under paragraph (1). "(C) The term 'service area' means, with respect to a health education and training center, the geographic area designated for the center under paragraph (3).