[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR62.57]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 62--NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP AND LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart C--Grants for State Loan Repayment Programs
 
Sec. 62.57  How will States be selected to participate in this program?

    Within the limits of funds available under section 338H of the Act, 
the Secretary may award grants to State applicants whose proposed Loan 
Repayment Programs will, in his or her judgment, best promote the 
purposes of section 338H of the Act, taking into account, among other 
pertinent factors:
    (a) The need of the State for health professions manpower;

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    (b) The number and type of providers the State proposes to support 
through this program;
    (c) The acceptableness of the State's standards for the designation 
of medically underserved areas and the appropriateness of the proposed 
placements of obligated providers;
    (d) The degree of similarity between the proposed State Loan 
Repayment Program and the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment 
Program;
    (e) The adequacy of the qualifications, the administrative and 
managerial ability and the experience of the State staff to administer 
and carry out the proposed project;
    (f) The suitability of the applicant's approach and the degree to 
which the applicant's project is coordinated with Federal, State and 
other organized activities for meeting the State's health professions 
manpower needs and resources, including mechanisms for an ongoing 
evaluation of the program's activities;
    (g) The source and plans for use of the State match (including the 
percentage of the State's match that is proposed to be used for loan 
repayments), the degree to which the State match exceeds 25% or has 
increased over time, and the amount of the match relative to the needs 
and resources of the States; and
    (h) The extent to which special consideration will be extended to 
medically underserved areas with large minority populations.