Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110
§294n Health Professions Workforce Information and Analysis
Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER V — HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION › Part E — Health Professions and Public Health Workforce › subpart 1 — health professions workforce information and analysis › § 294n
Summary
Create a National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. The Secretary must set up the Center to gather and study data about health workers, run the tasks required under section 295k(a), review related programs every year, set performance measures and benchmarks, and keep a public online registry of grants plus a database for long-term evaluation data. The Center must work with federal agencies, regional and state groups, and professional organizations, and it may hire those groups by contract. Give grants or contracts to state and regional groups to collect, analyze, and share workforce data and to help local groups do the same. Eligible applicants include States, workforce boards, public health or health professions schools, academic health centers, or similar nonprofit groups that apply. Raise grant amounts for long-term (longitudinal) studies of people who got training or support under these programs. Those studies must track practice patterns, report on the performance measures in sections 293l(d)(3), 294f(d)(3), and 294o(a)(3), and follow the guidelines in sections 293l(d)(4), 294f(d)(4), and 294o(a)(4). Funding: $5,663,000 for each fiscal year 2021 through 2025 for the National Center; $4,500,000 for each fiscal year 2010 through 2014 for state and regional centers; and such sums as may be necessary for longitudinal grants for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. Each year the Secretary must reserve at least $600,000 for health professions research and data work under section 295k. Money already appropriated to related programs may be used for these Center activities when appropriate.
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Title 42, §294n
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(a)Purpose
It is the purpose of this section to—
(1)provide for the development of information describing the health professions workforce and the analysis of workforce related issues; and
(2)provide necessary information for decision-making regarding future directions in health professions and nursing programs in response to societal and professional needs.
(b)National Center for Health Care Workforce Analysis
(1)Establishment
The Secretary shall establish the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (referred to in this section as the “National Center”).
(2)Purposes
The National Center, in coordination to the extent practicable with the National Health Care Workforce Commission (established in section 294q of this title), and relevant regional and State centers and agencies, shall—
(A)provide for the development of information describing and analyzing the health care workforce and workforce related issues;
(B)carry out the activities under section 295k(a) of this title;
(C)annually evaluate programs under this subchapter;
(D)develop and publish performance measures and benchmarks for programs under this subchapter; and
(E)establish, maintain, and publicize a national Internet registry of each grant awarded under this subchapter and a database to collect data from longitudinal evaluations (as described in subsection (d)(2)) on performance measures (as developed under section 293l(d)(3), 294f(d)(3), and 294o(a)(3) of this title).
(3)Collaboration and data sharing
(A)In general
The National Center shall collaborate with Federal agencies and relevant professional and educational organizations or societies for the purpose of linking data regarding grants awarded under this subchapter.
(B)Contracts for health workforce analysis
For the purpose of carrying out the activities described in subparagraph (A), the National Center may enter into contracts with relevant professional and educational organizations or societies.
(c)State and regional Centers for Health Workforce Analysis
(1)In general
The Secretary shall award grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible entities for purposes of— (A)
(B)providing technical assistance to local and regional entities on the collection, analysis, and reporting of data.
(2)Eligible entities
To be eligible for a grant or contract under this subsection, an entity shall—
(A)be a State, a State workforce investment board, a public health or health professions school, an academic health center, or an appropriate public or private nonprofit entity; and
(B)submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
(d)Increase in grants for longitudinal evaluations
(1)In general
The Secretary shall increase the amount awarded to an eligible entity under this subchapter for a longitudinal evaluation of individuals who have received education, training, or financial assistance from programs under this subchapter.
(2)Capability
A longitudinal evaluation shall be capable of— (A)
(B)collecting and reporting data on performance measures developed under section 293l(d)(3), 294f(d)(3), and 294o(a)(3) of this title.
(3)Guidelines
A longitudinal evaluation shall comply with guidelines issued under section 293l(d)(4), 294f(d)(4), and 294o(a)(4) of this title.
(4)Eligible entities
To be eligible to obtain an increase under this section, an entity shall be a recipient of a grant or contract under this subchapter.
(e)Authorization of appropriations
(1)In general
(A)National Center
To carry out subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated $5,663,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
(B)State and regional Centers
To carry out subsection (c), there are authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
(C)Grants for longitudinal evaluations
To carry out subsection (d), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
(2)Reservation
Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than $600,000 for conducting health professions research and for carrying out data collection and analysis in accordance with section 295k of this title.
(3)Availability of additional funds
Amounts otherwise appropriated for programs or activities under this subchapter may be used for activities under subsection (b) with respect to the programs or activities from which such amounts were made available.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 294n, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 776, as added Pub. L. 102–408, title I, § 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 2050, and amended, which related to grants and contracts to provide health care for individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, was renumbered section 2692 of title XXVI of act
July 1, 1944, by Pub. L. 104–146, § 3(h)(3),
May 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1364, and transferred to section 300ff–111 of this title. Another prior section 294n, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 741, as added Sept. 24, 1963, Pub. L. 88–129, § 2(b), 77 Stat. 171; amended Oct. 13, 1964, Pub. L. 88–654, § 1(c), (d), 78 Stat. 1086; Oct. 22, 1965, Pub. L. 89–290, § 4(b), (f)(3), (4), (g)(1), 79 Stat. 1057, 1058; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–709, § 3(c), (d), 80 Stat. 1103; Nov. 3, 1966, Pub. L. 89–751, § 4, 80 Stat. 1230; Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90–490, title I, § 121(a)(3), (4), (5)(A), 82 Stat. 777; Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92–157, title I, § 105(b)–(d), (e)(4), (f)(2), 85 Stat. 449–451; Oct. 27, 1972, Pub. L. 92–585, § 4, 86 Stat. 1293; Oct. 12, 1976, Pub. L. 94–484, title IV, §§ 403(a), (b), (d), 407(d)(1), 90 Stat. 2266, 2267, 2279; Aug. 1, 1977, Pub. L. 95–83, title III, § 307(e)(1), (2), 91 Stat. 390; Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title XXVII, § 2735, 95 Stat. 920; Oct. 22, 1985, Pub. L. 99–129, title II, § 209(a)(2), (3), (b), (c)(1), (d)–(f), 99 Stat. 532, 534; Nov. 4, 1988, Pub. L. 100–607, title VI, §§ 603(b), (c), 628(8), 629(b)(2), 102 Stat. 3125, 3145, 3146; Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101–597, title IV, § 401(b)[(a)], 104 Stat. 3035, outlined provisions for loans from a student loan fund, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–408. See section 292r of this title. A prior section 761 of act
July 1, 1944, was classified to section 294 of this title prior to the general amendment of part D of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–392. Another prior section 761 of act
July 1, 1944, was classified to section 294cc of this title prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–408. Another prior section 761 of act
July 1, 1944, was classified to section 295 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–129. Another prior section 761 of act
July 1, 1944, was classified to section 295 of this title prior to the general amendment of part D of this subchapter by Pub. L. 91–696.
Amendments
2020—Subsec. (e)(1)(A). Pub. L. 116–136, § 3401(9)(A), substituted “$5,663,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025” for “$7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014”. Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 116–136, § 3401(9)(B), substituted “paragraph (1)” for “subsection (a)”. 2010—Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 111–148, § 5103(a)(1), (2), added subsecs. (b) to (d), redesignated former subsec. (c) as (e), and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to award of grants or contracts. Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 111–148, § 5103(a)(3)(A), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $750,000 for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2002.” Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 111–148, § 5103(a)(4), which directed amendment of “paragraph (2)”, without specifying the subsec. to be amended, by substituting “paragraph (1)” for “subsection (a)”, could not be executed.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5103(b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 605, provided that: “Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 23, 2010], the responsibilities and resources of the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, as in effect on the date before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be transferred to the National Center for Health Care Workforce Analysis established under section 761 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 294n], as amended by subsection (a).”
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42 U.S.C. § 294n
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
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Sep 22, 2026
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