Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§300jj–35 Demonstration Program to Integrate Information Technology Into Clinical Education

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XXVIII — HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY › Part B — Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology › § 300jj–35

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may award competitive, peer-reviewed grants to create school curricula that teach health professionals how to use certified electronic health record (EHR) technology in clinical training. Eligible applicants must send an application and a plan showing how EHR training will help reduce medical errors, boost prevention, lower chronic disease, and improve care quality. Eligible groups include graduate programs in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, physician assistant studies, behavioral or mental health, consortia of these programs, or institutions with graduate medical education. Grants must be used across two or more health disciplines and placed in community-based clinical education. Grant money may not buy hardware, software, or services. Grantees must collect data on patient safety, health care efficiency, and whether graduates use EHRs, and must provide matching funds. The Secretary must evaluate and share the results publicly. Within 1 year after February 17, 2009, and every year after, the Secretary must report to specified congressional committees describing funded projects and offering recommendations to Congress. The Secretary normally cannot pay more than 50 percent of project costs unless national economic conditions justify waiving that requirement and Congress is notified.

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Title 42, §300jj–35

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(a)In general

The Secretary may award grants under this section to carry out demonstration projects to develop academic curricula integrating certified EHR technology 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 shall—

(1)submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require;

(2)submit to the Secretary a strategic plan for integrating certified EHR technology in the clinical education of health professionals to reduce medical errors, increase access to prevention, reduce chronic diseases, and enhance health care quality;

(3)be—

(A)a school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy, a graduate program in behavioral or mental health, or any other graduate health professions school;

(B)a graduate school of nursing or physician assistant studies;

(C)a consortium of two or more schools described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or

(D)an institution with a graduate medical education program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, or physician assistance studies;

(4)provide for the collection of data regarding the effectiveness of the demonstration project to be funded under the grant in improving the safety of patients, the efficiency of health care delivery, and in increasing the likelihood that graduates of the grantee will adopt and incorporate certified EHR technology, in the delivery of health care services; and

(5)provide matching funds in accordance with subsection (d).

(c)Use of funds

(1)In general

With respect to a grant under subsection (a), an eligible entity shall—

(A)use grant funds in collaboration with 2 or more disciplines; and

(B)use grant funds to integrate certified EHR technology into community-based clinical education.

(2)Limitation

An eligible entity shall not use amounts received under a grant under subsection (a) to purchase hardware, software, or services.

(d)Financial support

The Secretary may not provide more than 50 percent of the costs of any activity for which assistance is provided under subsection (a), except in an instance of national economic conditions which would render the cost-share requirement under this subsection detrimental to the program and upon notification to Congress as to the justification to waive the cost-share requirement.

(e)Evaluation

The Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to evaluate the projects funded under this section and publish, make available, and disseminate the results of such evaluations on as wide a basis as is practicable.

(f)Reports

Not later than 1 year after February 17, 2009, 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 of the House of Representatives a report that—

(1)describes the specific projects established under this section; and

(2)contains recommendations for Congress based on the evaluation conducted under subsection (e).

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300jj–35

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110