extension and revision of capitation grants

extension and revision of capitation grants Sec. 915. (a) Section 806(a) is amended by striking out paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(1) Each collegiate school of nursing shall receive $400 for each undergraduate full-time student enrolled in each of the last two years of such school in such year. “(2) Each associate degree school of nursing shall receive (A) the product of $275 and one-half of the number of full-time students enrolled in the first, year of such school in such year, and (B) $275 for each full-time student enrolled in the last year of such school in such year. “(3) Each diploma school of nursing shall receive $250 for each full-time student enrolled in such school in such year.”. (b) Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 806 are repealed and the following new subsection is inserted after subsection (b): “(c) (1) Requirements for Grants.— The Secretary shall not make a grant under subsection (a) to any school of nursing in a fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1975, unless the application for such grant contains or is supported by reasonable assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that— “(A) the first-year enrollment of full-time students in the school in the school year beginning after the fiscal year in which the grant 89 STAT. 357applied for is to be made will not be less than the first-year enrollment of such students in the school in the preceding school year; and “(B) that the school will expend in carrying out its function as a school of nursing, during the fiscal year for which such grant is sought, an amount of fluids (other than funds for construction as determined by the Secretary) from non-Federal sources which is at least as great as the average amount of funds expended by such applicant for such purposes (excluding expenditures of a nonrecurring nature) in the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year for which such grant is sought. The requirement of subparagraph (A) shall lie in addition to the requirements of section 802 (b)(2)(D), where applicable. “(2) The Secretary shall not make a grant under subsection (a) to any school of nursing in a fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1975, unless one of the following requirements is met: “(A) The application for such grant shall contain or be sup-ported by reasonable assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that for the school year beginning after the close of the fiscal year in which such grant is to be made and for each school year thereafter beginning in a fiscal year in which such a grant is made the first year enrollment of full-time students in such school will exceed the number of such students enrolled in the school year beginning during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975— “(i) by 10 per centum of such number if such number was not more than one hundred, or “(ii) by 5 per centum of such number, or ten students, whichever is greater, if such number was more than one hundred. “(B) The school has provided reasonable assurance satisfactory to the Secretary that it will carry out, in accordance with a plan submitted by the school to the Secretary and approved by him, at least two of the following programs in the school year beginning after the close of the fiscal year in which such grant is to be made and in each school year thereafter beginning in a fiscal year in which such a grant is made: “(i) In the case of collegiate schools of nursing, a program for the training of nurse practitioners (as defined in section 822). “(ii) A program under which students enrolled in a school of nursing will receive a significant portion of their clinical training in community health centers, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory care facilities geographically remote from the main site of the teaching facilities of the school. “(iii) A program for the continuing education of nurses which meets needs identified by appropriate State, regional, or local health or educational entities (including health systems agencies). “(iv) A program to identify, recruit, enroll, retain, and graduate individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary) under which program at least 10 per centum of each year’s entering class (or ten students, whichever is greater) is comprised of such individuals.”. 89 STAT. 358 (c) (1) Section 806(i) (1) is amended by striking out “and” after “1073,” and by inserting before “for grants” the following: “$50,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1978”. (d) For fiscal year 1976, and for each of the next two fiscal years, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to continue to make annual grants to schools of nursing under section 806(a) of the Act (as in effect on June 30, 1975) based on the number of enrollment bonus students (determined in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of section 806 of the Act (as so in effect)) enrolled in such schools who were first-year students in such schools for school years beginning before June 30, 1975.