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§295c Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Grant Program

Title 42 › Chapter 6A— PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter V— HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION › Part E— Health Professions and Public Health Workforce › Subpart 2— public health workforce › § 295c

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services, working through the HRSA Administrator and with advice from the CDC Director, must award grants or make contracts to eligible groups to train graduate medical residents in preventive medicine specialties. Eligible groups are (1) an accredited school of public health or a medical/osteopathic school, (2) an accredited public or private nonprofit hospital, (3) a State, local, or tribal health department, or (4) a consortium of 2 or more of these. Money must be used to create or run accredited residencies or internships in preventive medicine or public health, pay for required practicum experiences, and set up or improve academic units or clinical teaching programs. The Secretary must send Congress a yearly report on the program.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §295c

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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible entities to provide training to graduate medical residents in preventive medicine specialties.
(b)To be eligible for a grant or contract under subsection (a), an entity shall be—
(1)an accredited school of public health or school of medicine or osteopathic medicine;
(2)an accredited public or private nonprofit hospital;
(3)a State, local, or tribal health department; or
(4)a consortium of 2 or more entities described in paragraphs (1) through (3).
(c)Amounts received under a grant or contract under this section shall be used to—
(1)plan, develop (including the development of curricula), operate, or participate in an accredited residency or internship program in preventive medicine or public health;
(2)defray the costs of practicum experiences, as required in such a program; and
(3)establish, maintain, or improve—
(A)academic administrative units (including departments, divisions, or other appropriate units) in preventive medicine and public health; or
(B)programs that improve clinical teaching in preventive medicine and public health.
(d)The Secretary shall submit to the Congress an annual report on the program carried out under this section.

Legislative History

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 295c, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 764, as added Dec. 25, 1970, Pub. L. 91–696, § 101, 84 Stat. 2080–2; amended Oct. 17, 1979, Pub. L. 96–88, title III, § 301(a)(1), title V, § 507, 93 Stat. 677, 692, established requirements of eligibility for grants, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–129, title II, § 220(c), Oct. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 544. Another prior section 295c, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 764, as added Oct. 31, 1963, Pub. L. 88–164, title I, § 101, 77 Stat. 283, related to recovery of expenditures under certain conditions 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.

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to grants and contracts for residency training programs in preventive medicine and dental public health and provision of financial assistance to residency trainees.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 295c

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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