42 USC 294r - State health care workforce development grants

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 294r.

State health care workforce development grants

(a)

Establishment

(b)

Fiscal and administrative agent

The Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Administration”) shall be the fiscal and administrative agent for the grants awarded under this section. The Administration is authorized to carry out the program, in consultation with the National Health Care Workforce Commission (referred to in this section as the “Commission”), which shall review reports on the development, implementation, and evaluation activities of the grant program, including—

(1)

administering the grants;

(2)

providing technical assistance to grantees; and

(3)

reporting performance information to the Commission.

(c)

Planning grants

(1)

Amount and duration

(2)

Eligibility

(3)

Fiscal and administrative agent

(4)

Application

(5)

Required activities

A State partnership receiving a planning grant shall carry out the following:

(A)

Analyze State labor market information in order to create health care career pathways for students and adults, including dislocated workers.

(B)

Identify current and projected high demand State or regional health care sectors for purposes of planning career pathways.

(C)

Identify existing Federal, State, and private resources to recruit, educate or train, and retain a skilled health care workforce and strengthen partnerships.

(D)

Describe the academic and health care industry skill standards for high school graduation, for entry into postsecondary education, and for various credentials and licensure.

(E)

Describe State secondary and postsecondary education and training policies, models, or practices for the health care sector, including career information and guidance counseling.

(F)

Identify Federal or State policies or rules to developing 2

 So in original. Probably should be “develop”.

a coherent and comprehensive health care workforce development strategy and barriers and a plan to resolve these barriers.

(G)

Participate in the Administration’s evaluation and reporting activities.

(6)

Performance and evaluation

(7)

Match

(8)

Report

(A)

Report to administration

(B)

Report to Congress

(d)

Implementation grants

(1)

In general

The Administration shall—

(A)

competitively award implementation grants to State partnerships to enable such partnerships to implement activities that will result in a coherent and comprehensive plan for health workforce development that will address current and projected workforce demands within the State; and

(B)

inform the Commission and Congress about the awards made.

(2)

Duration

(3)

Eligibility

To be eligible for an implementation grant, a State partnership shall have—

(A)

received a planning grant under subsection (c) and completed all requirements of such grant; or

(B)

completed a satisfactory application, including a plan to coordinate with required partners and complete the required activities during the 2 year period of the implementation grant.

(4)

Fiscal and administrative agent

(5)

Application

Each eligible State partnership desiring an implementation grant shall submit an application to the Administration at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Administration may reasonably require. Each application submitted shall include—

(A)

a description of the members of the State partnership;

(B)

a description of how the State partnership completed the required activities under the planning grant, if applicable;

(C)

a description of the activities for which implementation grant funds are sought, including grants to regions by the State partnership to advance coherent and comprehensive regional health care workforce planning activities;

(D)

a description of how the State partnership will coordinate with required partners and complete the required partnership activities during the duration of an implementation grant;

(E)

a budget proposal of the cost of the activities supported by the implementation grant and a timeline for the provision of matching funds required;

(F)

proposed performance benchmarks to be used to assess and evaluate the progress of the partnership activities;

(G)

a description of how the State partnership will collect data to report progress in grant activities; and

(H)

such additional assurances as the Administration determines to be essential to ensure compliance with grant requirements.

(6)

Required activities

(A)

In general

(B)

Eligible partnership duties

An eligible State partnership receiving an implementation grant shall—

(i)

identify and convene regional leadership to discuss opportunities to engage in statewide health care workforce development planning, including the potential use of competitive grants to improve the development, distribution, and diversity of the regional health care workforce; the alignment of curricula for health care careers; and the access to quality career information and guidance and education and training opportunities;

(ii)

in consultation with key stakeholders and regional leaders, take appropriate steps to reduce Federal, State, or local barriers to a comprehensive and coherent strategy, including changes in State or local policies to foster coherent and comprehensive health care workforce development activities, including health care career pathways at the regional and State levels, career planning information, retraining for dislocated workers, and as appropriate, requests for Federal program or administrative waivers;

(iii)

develop, disseminate, and review with key stakeholders a preliminary statewide strategy that addresses short- and long-term health care workforce development supply versus demand;

(iv)

convene State partnership members on a regular basis, and at least on a semiannual basis;

(v)

assist leaders at the regional level to form partnerships, including technical assistance and capacity building activities;

(vi)

collect and assess data on and report on the performance benchmarks selected by the State partnership and the Administration for implementation activities carried out by regional and State partnerships; and

(vii)

participate in the Administration’s evaluation and reporting activities.

(7)

Performance and evaluation

(8)

Match

(9)

Reports

(A)

Report to administration

(B)

Report to Congress

(e)

Authorization for appropriations

(1)

Planning grants

(2)

Implementation grants

(Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5102, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 599.)

cite as: 42 USC 294r