2015 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service (Sections 201 - 300mm-61)
Subchapter XXVIII - Health Information Technology and Quality (Sections 300jj - 300jj-51)
Part B - Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology (Sections 300jj-31 - 300jj-38)
Sec. 300jj-36 - Information technology professionals in health care
| 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 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE SUBCHAPTER XXVIII - HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY Part B - Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology Sec. 300jj-36 - Information technology professionals in health care |
| Contains | section 300jj-36 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXX, §3016, as added Pub. L. 111-5, div. A, title XIII, §13301, Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 257. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 123 Stat. 257 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 111-5 |
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The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, shall provide assistance to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to establish or expand medical health informatics education programs, including certification, undergraduate, and masters degree programs, for both health care and information technology students to ensure the rapid and effective utilization and development of health information technologies (in the United States health care infrastructure).
(b) ActivitiesActivities for which assistance may be provided under subsection (a) may include the following:
(1) Developing and revising curricula in medical health informatics and related disciplines.
(2) Recruiting and retaining students to the program involved.
(3) Acquiring equipment necessary for student instruction in these programs, including the installation of testbed networks for student use.
(4) Establishing or enhancing bridge programs in the health informatics fields between community colleges and universities.
(c) PriorityIn providing assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to the following:
(1) Existing education and training programs.
(2) Programs designed to be completed in less than six months.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXX, §3016, as added Pub. L. 111–5, div. A, title XIII, §13301, Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 257.)
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