§294p — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

§294p Training for health care providers

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION › Part Part E— - Health Professions and Public Health Workforce › Subpart subpart 1— - health professions workforce information and analysis › § 294p

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a grant program to train health care workers so they can give better prenatal, labor, birth, and postpartum care to racial and ethnic minority patients, including training about how perceptions and biases affect care. Eligible applicants are accredited allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) medical schools, nursing schools, and other health professional training programs. Applicants must apply when and how the Secretary requires. Grantees must send regular reports on their work and any effects on patient outcomes. By September 30, 2026, the Secretary must report to Congress on the grants and any best practices found. The Secretary may identify and share best practices. The law authorizes $5,000,000 for each fiscal year 2023 through 2027 to carry out the program.

Title 42, §294p

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(a)The Secretary shall establish a program to award grants to accredited schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, and nursing, and other health professional training programs for the training of health care professionals to improve the provision of prenatal care, labor care, birthing, and postpartum care for racial and ethnic minority populations, including with respect to perceptions and biases that may affect the approach to, and provision of, care.

(b)To be eligible for a grant under subsection (a), an entity described in such subsection shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.

(c)(1)Each entity awarded a grant under this section shall periodically submit to the Secretary a report on the status of activities conducted using the grant, including a description of the impact of such training on patient outcomes, as applicable.

(2)Not later than September 30, 2026, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the activities conducted using grants under subsection (a) and any best practices identified and disseminated under subsection (d).

(d)The Secretary may identify and disseminate best practices for the training described in subsection (a).

(e)To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 294p, act

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 763, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title III, § 301(b), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1111, related to pediatric rheumatologists, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 117–103, div. P, title I, § 132, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 795. Another prior section 294p, act

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 778, as added Pub. L. 102–408, title I, § 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 2054, authorized grants and contracts to assist provision of health care in rural areas, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105–392. Another prior section 294p, act

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 743, as added Sept. 24, 1963, Pub. L. 88–129, § 2(b), 77 Stat. 172; amended Oct. 22, 1965, Pub. L. 89–290, § 4(d), 79 Stat. 1057; Nov. 3, 1966, Pub. L. 89–751, § 5(c)(2), (3), 80 Stat. 1233; Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90–490, title I, § 121(c), 82 Stat. 778;

July 9, 1971, Pub. L. 92–52, § 1(b), 85 Stat. 144; Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92–157, title I, § 105(e)(2), (f)(2), 85 Stat. 451; Oct. 12, 1976, Pub. L. 94–484, title IV, §§ 405, 406(e), 90 Stat. 2267, 2268; Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title XXVII, § 2736, 95 Stat. 920; Oct. 22, 1985, Pub. L. 99–129, title II, § 209(i), 99 Stat. 536; Nov. 4, 1988, Pub. L. 100–607, title VI, § 603(d), 102 Stat. 3125, related to distribution of assets from loan funds, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–408. See section 292x of this title. A prior section 763 of act

July 1, 1944, was classified to section 294b of this title prior to the general amendment of part D of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–392. Another prior section 763 of act

July 1, 1944, was classified to section 295b of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–129. Another prior section 763 of act

July 1, 1944, was classified to section 295b of this title prior to the general amendment of former part D of this subchapter by Pub. L. 91–696.