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§ 296e. Generally applicable provisions
(a) Awarding of grants and contractsThe Secretary shall ensure that grants and contracts under this subchapter are awarded on a competitive basis, as appropriate, to carry out innovative demonstration projects or provide for strategic workforce supplementation activities as needed to address national nursing needs, including—
(1) addressing challenges, including through supporting training and education of nursing students, related to the distribution of the nursing workforce and existing or projected nursing workforce shortages in geographic areas that have been identified as having, or that are projected to have, a nursing shortage;
(2) increasing access to and the quality of health care services, including by supporting the training of professional registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and advanced education nurses within community based settings and in a variety of health delivery system settings; or
(3) addressing the strategic goals and priorities identified by the Secretary and that are in accordance with this subchapter.
Contracts may be entered into under this subchapter with public or private entities as determined necessary by the Secretary.
(b) Information requirements
(1) In general
(2) Evaluations
(c) Training programs
(d) Duration of assistance
(1) In general
(2) Limitation
(e) Peer review regarding certain programs
(1) In general
(2) Composition
(3) Administration
(f) Analytic activitiesThe Secretary shall ensure that—
(1) cross-cutting workforce analytical activities are carried out as part of the workforce information and analysis activities under this subchapter; and
(2) discipline-specific workforce information is developed and analytical activities are carried out as part of—
(A) the advanced education nursing activities under part B;
(B) the workforce diversity activities under part C; and
(C) basic nursing education and practice activities under part D.
(g) State and regional priorities
(h) Filing of applications
(1) In general
(2) For-profit entities
(i) Biennial report on nursing workforce program improvements
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 806, as added Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 123(4), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3565; amended Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title III, § 3404(a)(4), Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 392.)