§254c–1a Grants to nurse-managed health clinics

Summary

The Secretary will give grants to help pay the operating costs of nurse-managed health clinics. Comprehensive primary health care services means basic primary health services. A nurse-managed health clinic is a practice run by advanced practice nurses that offers primary or wellness care to underserved or vulnerable people and is tied to a school, college, nursing department, federally qualified health center, or a nonprofit health or social services agency. To get a grant, a clinic must be an NMHC and apply with promises that nurses are the main providers, at least one advanced practice nurse is in executive management, the clinic will keep offering care regardless of income or insurance during the grant, and within 90 days of the grant it will form a community advisory committee with a majority of members who are served by the clinic. The Secretary will set grant amounts based on the clinic’s financial need and other factors. Congress authorized $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and whatever sums are needed for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.