2015 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 35 - Programs for Older Americans (Sections 3001 - 3058ff)
Subchapter IV - Activities for Health, Independence, and Longevity (Sections 3031 - 3033a)
Part A - Grant Programs (Sections 3032 - 3032k)
Sec. 3032c - Health care service demonstration projects in rural areas
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 35 - PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS SUBCHAPTER IV - ACTIVITIES FOR HEALTH, INDEPENDENCE, AND LONGEVITY Part A - Grant Programs Sec. 3032c - Health care service demonstration projects in rural areas |
Contains | section 3032c |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-73, title IV, §414, as added Pub. L. 106-501, title IV, §401, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2259; amended Pub. L. 109-365, title IV, §404, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2553. |
Statutes at Large References | 114 Stat. 2259 120 Stat. 2553 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 89-73, Public Law 106-501, Public Law 109-365 |
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The Assistant Secretary, after consultation with the State agency of the State involved, shall make grants to eligible public agencies and nonprofit private organizations to pay part or all of the cost of developing or operating model health care service projects (including related home health care services, adult day health care, mental health services, outreach, and transportation) through multipurpose senior centers that are located in rural areas and that provide nutrition services under section 3030e of this title, to meet the health care needs of medically underserved older individuals residing in such areas.
(b) EligibilityTo be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a) of this section, a public agency or nonprofit private organization shall submit to the Assistant Secretary an application containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may require, including—
(1) information describing the nature and extent of the applicant's—
(A) experience in providing medical services of the type to be provided in the project for which a grant is requested; and
(B) coordination and cooperation with—
(i) institutions of higher education having graduate programs with capability in public health, mental health, the medical sciences, psychology, pharmacology, nursing, social work, health education, nutrition, or gerontology, for the purpose of designing and developing such project; and
(ii) critical access hospitals (as defined in section 1395x(mm)(1) of this title and rural health clinics (as defined in section 1395x(aa)(2) of this title);
(2) assurances that the applicant will carry out the project for which a grant is requested, through a multipurpose senior center located—
(A)(i) in a rural area that has a population of less than 5,000; or
(ii) in a county that has fewer than seven individuals per square mile; and
(B) in a State in which—
(i) not less than 331/3 of the population resides in rural areas; and
(ii) not less than 5 percent of the population resides in counties with fewer than seven individuals per square mile,
as defined by and determined in accordance with the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census; and
(3) assurances that the applicant will submit to the Assistant Secretary such evaluations and reports as the Assistant Secretary may require.
(c) ReportsThe Assistant Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes summaries of the evaluations and reports required under subsection (b) of this section.
(Pub. L. 89–73, title IV, §414, as added Pub. L. 106–501, title IV, §401, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2259; amended Pub. L. 109–365, title IV, §404, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2553.)
AMENDMENTS2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–365, §404(1), inserted "mental health services," after "adult day health care,".
Subsec. (b)(1)(B)(i). Pub. L. 109–365, §404(2), inserted "mental health," after "public health,".
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