116 STAT. 1634 PUBLIC LAW 107-251—OCT. 26, 2002 "(I) Community or migrant health centers or other Federally qualified health centers. "(II) Health care providers, including pharmacists, in private practice. "(Ill) Entities operating clinics, including rural health clinics. "(IV) Local health departments. "(V) Nonprofit hospitals, including community access hospitals. " (VI) Other publicly funded health or social service agencies. "(VII) Long-term care providers. "(VIII) Providers of health care services in the home. "(IX) Providers of outpatient mental health services and entities operating outpatient mental health facilities. "(X) Local or regional emergency health care providers. "(XI) Institutions of higher education. "(XII) Entities operating dental clinics. " (2) TELEHEALTH RESOURCE CENTERS GRANTS. —To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (d)(2), an entity shall be a nonprofit entity. "(g) APPLICATIONS. —To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (d), an eligible entity, in consultation with the appropriate State office of rural health or another appropriate State entity, shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including— "(1) a description of the project that the eligible entity will carry out using the funds provided under the grant; "(2) a description of the manner in which the project funded under the grant will meet the health care needs of rural or other populations to be served through the project, or improve the access to services of, and the quality of the services received by, those populations; "(3) evidence of local support for the project, and a description of how the areas, communities, or populations to be served will be involved in the development and ongoing operations of the project; "(4) a plan for sustaining the project after Federal support for the project has ended; "(5) information on the source and amount of non-Federal funds that the entity will provide for the project; "(6) information demonstrating the long-term viability of the project, and other evidence of institutional commitment of the entity to the project; "(7) in the case of an application for a project involving a telehealth network, information demonstrating how the project will promote the integration of telehealth technologies into the operations of health care providers, to avoid redundancy, and improve access to and the quality of care; and "(8) other such information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. "(h) TERMS; CONDITIONS; MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.— The Secretary shall establish the terms and conditions of each
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