ALLIED HEALTH PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

SEC. 624. ALLIED HEALTH PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. Section 796 (42 U.S.C. 295h–5) is amended— (1) by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsection: “(a) The Secretary shall make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities to assist them in meeting the costs of planning, developing, establishing, operating, and evaluating projects relating to: “(1) Improving and strengthening the effectiveness of allied health administration, program directors, facility, and clinical faculty. “(2) Improving and expanding program enrollments in those professions in greatest demand and whose services are most needed by the elderly. “(3) Interdisciplinary training programs that promote the effectiveness of allied health practitioners in geriatric assessment and the rehabilitation of the elderly. “(4) Demonstration centers to emphasize innovative models to link allied health clinical practice, education, and research. “(5) Adding and strengthening curriculum units in allied health programs to include knowledge and practice concerning prevention and health promotion, geriatrics, long-term care, home health and hospice care, and ethics. “(6) The recruitment of individuals into allied health professions, including projects for— “(A) the identification and recruitment of highly qualified individuals, including the provision of educational and work experiences for recruits at the secondary and collegiate Levels; “(B) the identification and recruitment of minority and disadvantaged students, including the provision of remedial and tutorial services prior and subsequent to admission, the provision of work-study programs for secondary students, and recruitment activities directed toward primary school students; and “(C) the coordination and improvement of recruitment efforts among official and voluntary agencies and institutions, including official departments of education, at the city, county, and State, or regional level.”; (2) by striking out subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsection: 102 STAT. 3144 “(c) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘eligible entities’ means entities which are— “(1) schools, universities, or other educational entities which provide for allied health personnel education and training and which meet such standards as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe; or “(2) other public or nonprofit private entities capable, as determined by the Secretary, of carrying out projects described in subsection (a). “; and (3) by striking out subsection (d) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsection: “(d) For the purpose of making payments under grants and contracts under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991.”.