[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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;

    (b) The number and type of providers the State proposes to support 

through this program;



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    (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.