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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§295d Health administration traineeships and special projects

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 2— - public health workforce › § 295d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give grants to state or local governments and to public or nonprofit schools (including social work and business schools with health programs) that run accredited health administration, hospital administration, or health policy programs. Grants fund student traineeships and help improve these programs so students are ready to work for public or nonprofit health organizations. Programs must be accredited by agencies approved by the Secretary of Education and meet quality rules set by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Preference is given to programs where at least 25 percent of graduates work full-time in medically underserved areas, that recruit students from those areas, that train with local public or nonprofit health providers, and that stress public or nonprofit employment. Traineeships must cover tuition and fees and may include stipends, travel, living, and dependency allowances. Applicants must promise to give traineeships first to students who plan to work for public or nonprofit health employers.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §295d

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(a)The Secretary may make grants to State or local governments (that have in effect preventive medical and dental public health residency programs) or public or nonprofit private educational entities (including graduate schools of social work and business schools that have health management programs) that offer a program described in subsection (b)—
(1)to provide traineeships for students enrolled in such a program; and
(2)to assist accredited programs health administration in the development or improvement of programs to prepare students for employment with public or nonprofit private entities.
(b)The program referred to in subsection (a) is an accredited program in health administration, hospital administration, or health policy analysis and planning, which program is accredited by a body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education and which meets such other quality standards as the Secretary of Health and Human Services by regulation may prescribe.
(c)In making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to qualified applicants that meet the following conditions:
(1)Not less than 25 percent of the graduates of the applicant are engaged in full-time practice settings in medically underserved communities.
(2)The applicant recruits and admits students from medically underserved communities.
(3)For the purpose of training students, the applicant has established relationships with public and nonprofit providers of health care in the community involved.
(4)In training students, the applicant emphasizes employment with public or nonprofit private entities.
(d)(1)Traineeships awarded under grants made under subsection (a) shall provide for tuition and fees and such stipends and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses and dependency allowances) for the trainees as the Secretary may deem necessary.
(2)Each entity applying for a grant under subsection (a) for traineeships shall assure to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the entity will give priority to awarding the traineeships to students who demonstrate a commitment to employment with public or nonprofit private entities in the fields with respect to which the traineeships are awarded.

Legislative History

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 295d, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 765, as added Dec. 25, 1970, Pub. L. 91–696, § 101, 84 Stat. 2080–3; amended Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(1), title V, § 507, 93 Stat. 677, 692, related to requisites for approval of grants, establishment of separate medical school departments of family medicine, establishment of special hospital programs of family medicine, and supplementation of non-Federal funds, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–129, title II, § 220(c), Oct. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 544. Another prior section 295d, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 765, as added Oct. 31, 1963, Pub. L. 88–164, title I, § 101, 77 Stat. 284, related to noninterference with administration of institutions respecting grants for

Construction

of mental retardation facilities, prior to the general amendment of former part D of this subchapter by section 101 of Pub. L. 91–696. Prior section 295d–1 and 295d–2 were repealed by Pub. L. 99–129, title II, § 220(c), Oct. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 544. section 295d–1, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 766, as added Dec. 25, 1970, Pub. L. 91–696, § 101, 84 Stat. 2080–4, related to establishment and funding of planning and developmental grants. Another prior section 295d–1, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 766, as added Oct. 31, 1963, Pub. L. 88–164, title I, § 101, 77 Stat. 284, related to definitions in connection with grants for

Construction

of mental retardation research facilities, prior to the general amendment of former part D of this subchapter by section 101 of Pub. L. 91–696. section 295d–2, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 767, as added Dec. 25, 1970, Pub. L. 91–696, § 101, 84 Stat. 2080–4, established Advisory Council on Family Medicine and provided for its composition, term and compensation of its members, and its duties and functions.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 295d

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73