Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 3.djvu/233

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PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 106 STAT. 2027 "(A) identify, recruit and select individuals from underrepresented minorities in health professions who have the potential for teaching, administration, or conducting research at a health professions institution; "(B) provide such individuals with the skills necessary to enable them to secure a tenured faculty position at such institution, which may include training with respect to pedagogical skills, program administration, the design and conduct of research, grants writing, and the preparation of articles suitable for publication in peer reviewed journals; "(C) provide services designed to assist such individuals in their preparation for an academic career, including the provision of mentors; and "(D) provide health services to rural or medically underserved populations. "(4) REQUIREMENTS. — To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under paragraph (1) an applicant shall— "(A) provide an assurance that such applicant will make available (directly through cash donations) $1 for every $1 of Federal funds received under this section for the fellowship; "(B) provide an assurance that institutional support will be provided for the individual for a second year at a level that is not less than the total amount of Federal and institutional funds provided in the year in which the grant or contract was awarded; "(C) provide an assurance that the individual that will receive the fellowship will be a member of the faculty of the applicant school; and "(D) provide an assurance that the individual that will receive the fellowship will have, at a minimum, appropriate advanced preparation (such as a master's or doctoral degree) and special skills necessary to enable such individual to teach and practice. "(5) DEFINITION.— For purposes of this subsection, the term 'minority* means an individual from a racial or ethnic group that is underrepresented in the health professions. " (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1993. "SEC. 739. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. Grants. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall make grants to health 5^'u°S*'|9^ professions schools described in subsection (c) for the purpose of assisting the schools in supporting programs of excellence in health professions education for minority individuals. "(b) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the health professions school involved agrees to expend the grant— "(1) to establish, strengthen, or expand programs to enhance the academic performance of minority students attending the school; "(2) to establish, strengthen, or expand programs to increase the number and quality of minority applicants to the school;