TWO-YEAR SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING, AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.

SEC. 613. TWO-YEAR SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING, AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. (a) Special Projects.—Section 788 (42 U.S.C. 295g-8(e)) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 738. SPECIAL PROJECTS. “(a) Two-Year Schools.— “(1) In general.—The Secretary may make grants to maintain and improve schools that provide the first or last 2 years of education leading to the degree of doctor of medicine or osteopathy. Grants provided under this paragraph to schools that were in existence on September 30, 1985, may be used for construction and the purchase of equipment. 102 STAT. 3134 “(2) Eligibility.—To be eligible to apply for a grant under paragraph (I), the applicant must be a public or nonprofit school providing the first or last 2 years of education leading to the degree of doctor of medicine or osteopathy and be accredited by or be operated jointly with a school that is accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education. “(b) Faculty and Curriculum Development and Clinical Training Sites.— “(1) Grants and contracts.— “(A) In general.—The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with any health professions institution or any other public or private nonprofit entity for the development and implementation of model projects in areas such as faculty and curriculum development, and development of new clinical training sites. “(B) Allocation of funds.—Priority shall be given to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, chiropractic, allied health, and to graduate programs at public and nonprofit private schools in health administration and clinical psychology in the allocation of funds under this subsection. Funds shall be allocated to each profession for award within that profession on the basis of competitive applications. Investigator-initiated projects should be encouraged. Funding priorities may be determined by the Secretary on consultation with the health professions schools and the National Advisory Council on the Health Professions Education. “(C) Peer review.—Any application for a grant to institutions described in subparagraph (a) shall be subject to appropriate peer review by peer review groups composed principally of non-Federal experts. The Secretary may not approve an application unless a peer review group has recommended it for approval. “(2) Health professions institutions and allied health institutions.— “(A) Set-aside.—At least 75 percent of the amounts available for grants and contracts under this subsection from amounts appropriated under subsection (e) shall be obligated for grants to and contracts with health professions institutions and allied health institutions. “(B) Peer review.—Any application for a grant to institutions described in subparagraph (a) shall be subject to appropriate peer review by peer review groups composed principally of non-Federal experts. “(C) Prerequisites.—The Secretary may not approve or disapprove an application for a grant to an institution described in subparagraph (a) unless the appropriate peer review group required under subparagraph (b) has recommended such approval and the Secretary has consulted with the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education with respect to such application. “(c) Training in Preventive Medicine.— “(1) In general.— The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, osteopathy, and public health to meet the costs of projects— 102 STAT. 3135 “(A) to plan and develop new residency training programs and to maintain or improve existing residency training programs in preventive medicine; and “(B) to provide financial assistance to residency trainees enrolled in such programs. “(2) Administration.— “(A) Amount.—The amount of any grant under paragraph (1) shall be determined by the Secretary. “(B) Application.—No grant may be made under paragraph (1) unless an application therefor is submitted to and approved by the Secretary. Such an application shall be in such form, submitted in such manner, and contain such information, as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. “(C) Eligibility.—To be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1), the applicant must demonstrate to the Secretary that it has or will have available full-time faculty members with training and experience in the fields of preventive medicine and support from other faculty members trained in public health and other relevant specialties and disciplines. “(D) Other funds.—Schools of medicine, osteopathy, and public health may use funds committed by State, local, or county public health officers as matching amounts for Federal grant funds for residency training programs in preventive medicine. “(d) Programs for Physician Assistants.— “(1) In general.—The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private schools of medicine and osteopathy and other public or nonprofit private entities to meet the costs of projects to plan, develop, and operate or maintain programs for the training of physician assistants (as defined in section 701(8)). “(2) Applications.—No grant or contract may be made under paragraph (1) unless the application therefor contains or is supported by assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the school or entity receiving the grant or contract has appropriate mechanisms for placing graduates of the training program with respect to which the application is submitted in positions for which they have been trained. “(e) Certain Projects With Respect to Hospitals and Schools of Podiatric Medicine.—The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and nonprofit private hospitals and schools of podiatric medicine for the purpose of planning and implementing projects in primary care training for podiatric physicians in approved or provisionally approved residency programs which shall provide financial assistance in the form of traineeships to residents who participate in such projects and who plan to specialize in primary care. “(f) Authorizations.—(1) (A) For the purpose of carrying out subsections (a), (b), and (e), there are authorized to be appropriated $2,400,000 for fiscal year 1989, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. “(B) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (a) for each of the fiscal years 1989 through 1991, the Secretary shall make available 20 percent of such amounts to carry out subsection (a) and 25 percent of such amounts to carry out subsection (e). 102 STAT. 3136 “(2)(A) For the purpose of carrying out subsection (c), there are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1989, $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. “(B) For the purpose of carrying out subsection (d), there are authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000 for fiscal year 1989, $5,200,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $5,400,000 for fiscal year 1991.”.