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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§294p Training for Health Care Providers

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 › § 294p

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must set up a grant program that gives money to accredited MD (allopathic), DO (osteopathic), nursing schools, and other health professional training programs. The grants are for training health care workers to improve prenatal, labor, birth, and postpartum care for racial and ethnic minority groups, including training about perceptions and biases that affect care. Applicants must send an application to the Secretary in the form and at the time the Secretary requires. Grantees must send periodic reports on their activities and any effects on patient outcomes. The Secretary may collect and share best practices. By September 30, 2026, the Secretary must report to Congress on the grant activities and best practices. Congress authorized $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.

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Title 42, §294p

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(a)Grant program
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)Eligibility
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)Reporting requirements
(1)Periodic grantee reports
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)Report to Congress
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)Best practices
The Secretary may identify and disseminate best practices for the training described in subsection (a).
(e)Authorization of appropriations
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.

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42 U.S.C. § 294p

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110