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§294j Demonstration Program to Integrate Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Training Into Clinical Education of Health Professionals

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER V — HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION › Part D — Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages › § 294j

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may give competitive, peer-reviewed grants to schools or groups to create and test classroom and clinical training that teaches health professionals about improving quality and keeping patients safe. To apply, an applicant must send the required application, be (or include) a health professions, public health, social work, nursing, pharmacy, graduate medical education, or health care administration school, work with its accrediting organization to build the curriculum, collect data on how well the project works, and meet the matching fund rule. Grant recipients must provide at least $1 in non‑Federal money or in‑kind support for every $5 of Federal funds. The Secretary must evaluate the projects, share the results widely, and send a report no later than 2 years after March 23, 2010, and each year after that to the Senate Committees on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and on Finance, and to the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and on Ways and Means. The report must describe the projects and give recommendations for Congress based on the evaluations.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §294j

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
The Secretary may award grants to eligible entities or consortia under this section to carry out demonstration projects to develop and implement academic curricula that integrates quality improvement and patient safety in the clinical education of health professionals. Such awards shall be made on a competitive basis and pursuant to peer review.
(b)Eligibility
To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), an entity or consortium shall—
(1)submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require;
(2)be or include—
(A)a health professions school;
(B)a school of public health;
(C)a school of social work;
(D)a school of nursing;
(E)a school of pharmacy;
(F)an institution with a graduate medical education program; or
(G)a school of health care administration;
(3)collaborate in the development of curricula described in subsection (a) with an organization that accredits such school or institution;
(4)provide for the collection of data regarding the effectiveness of the demonstration project; and
(5)provide matching funds in accordance with subsection (c).
(c)Matching funds
(1)In general
The Secretary may award a grant to an entity or consortium under this section only if the entity or consortium agrees to make available non-Federal contributions toward the costs of the program to be funded under the grant in an amount that is not less than $1 for each $5 of Federal funds provided under the grant.
(2)Determination of amount contributed
Non-Federal contributions under paragraph (1) may be in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated, including equipment or services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the amount of such contributions.
(d)Evaluation
The Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to evaluate the projects funded under this section and publish, make publicly available, and disseminate the results of such evaluations on as wide a basis as is practicable.
(e)Reports
Not later than 2 years after March 23, 2010, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report that—
(1)describes the specific projects supported under this section; and
(2)contains recommendations for Congress based on the evaluation conducted under subsection (d).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 294j, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 737, as added Oct. 12, 1976, Pub. L. 94–484, title IV, § 401(b)(3), 90 Stat. 2265; amended Aug. 1, 1977, Pub. L. 95–83, title III, § 307(c)(6), 91 Stat. 390; Dec. 19, 1977, Pub. L. 95–215, § 4(f), 91 Stat. 1506; Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title XXVII, § 2731, 95 Stat. 919; Jan. 4, 1983, Pub. L. 97–414, § 8(i), 96 Stat. 2061; Oct. 22, 1985, Pub. L. 99–129, title II, §§ 201(c), 204(c), 208(g)(2), 99 Stat. 525, 527, 531; Nov. 4, 1988, Pub. L. 100–607, title VI, §§ 602(l), 628(6), 629(b)(2), 102 Stat. 3124, 3145, 3146, defined “eligible institution”, “eligible lender”, “line of credit”, and “school of allied health”, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–408, title I, § 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 1994. See section 292o of this title. section 294j–1, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 737A, as added Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title XXVII, § 2732, 95 Stat. 919, which related to determination of eligible students, was omitted in the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–408, title I, § 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 1994.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 294j

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110