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children, as measured by indicators of community health 
including the following: 
(1) High levels of poverty. 
(2) The presence of a medically underserved 
population. 
(3) The presence of a health professional short-
age area. 
(4) High rates of indicators of health risk 
among school-aged children, including a high propor-
tion of such children receiving services through the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, adoles-
cent pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease (includ-
ing infection with the human immunodeficiency 
virus), preventable disease, communicable disease, 
intentional and unintentional injuries, community 
and gang violence, unemployment among adolescent 
children, juvenile justice involvement, and high rates 
of drug and alcohol exposure. 
(b) LINKAGE TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.— 
In making grants under sections 734 and 735, the Sec-
retary shall give preference to applicants that demonstrate 
a linkage to community health centers. 
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SEC. 734. GRANTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to State health agencies or to local community partner-
ships to develop school health service sites. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A project for which a grant 
may be made under subsection (a) may include but not 
be limited to the cost of the following: 
(1) Planning for the provision of school health 
services. 
(2) Recruitment, compensation, and training of 
health and administrative staff. 
(3) The development of agreements, and the ac-
quisition and development of equipment and infor-
mation services, necessary to support information 
exchange between school health service sites and 
health plans, health providers, and other entities au-
thorized to collect information under this Act. 
(4) Other activities necessary to assume oper-
ational status. 
(c) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Applicants shall submit ap-
plications in a form and manner prescribed by the 
Secretary. 
(2) APPLICATIONS BY STATE HEALTH AGEN-
CIES.— 
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(A) In the case of applicants that are State 
health agencies, the application shall contain 
assurances that the State health agency is ap-
plying for funds— 
(i) on behalf of at least 1 local com-
munity partnership; and 
(ii) on behalf of at least 1 other com-
munity identified by the State as in need 
of the services funded under this subtitle 
but without a local community partnership. 
(B) In the case of the communities identi-
fied in applications submitted by State health 
agencies that do not yet have local community 
partnerships (including the community identi-
fied under subparagraph (A)(ii)), the State 
shall describe the steps that will be taken to aid 
the communities in developing a local commu-
nity partnership. 
(C) A State applying on behalf of local 
community partnerships and other communities 
may retain not more than 10 percent of grants 
awarded under this subtitle for administrative 
costs. 
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(d) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—In order to receive 
a grant under this section, an applicant must include in 
the application the following information: 
(1) An assessment of the need for school health 
services in the communities to be served, using the 
latest available health data and health goals and ob-
jectives established by the Secretary. 
(2) A description of how the applicant will de-
sign the proposed school health services to reach the 
maximum number of school-aged children who are at 
risk. 
(3) An explanation of how the applicant will in-
tegrate its services with those of other health and 
social service programs within the community. 
(4) A description of a quality assurance pro-
gram which complies with standards that the Sec-
retary may prescribe. 
(e) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—Not more than 1 planning 
grant may be made to a single applicant. A planning grant 
may not exceed 2 years in duration. 
SEC. 735. GRANTS FOR OPERATION OF PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to State health agencies or to local community partner-
ships for the cost of operating school health service sites. 
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(b) USE OF GRANT.—The costs for which a grant 
may be made under this section include but are not limited 
to the following: 
(1) The cost of furnishing health services that 
are not otherwise covered under this Act or by any 
other public or private insurer. 
(2) The cost of furnishing services whose pur-
pose is to increase the capacity of individuals to uti-
lize available health services, including transpor-
tation, community and patient outreach, patient 
education, translation services, and such other serv-
ices as the Secretary determines to be appropriate in 
carrying out such purpose. 
(3) Training, recruitment and compensation of 
health professionals and other staff. 
(4) Outreach services to school-aged children 
who are at risk and to the parents of such children. 
(5) Linkage of individuals to health plans, com-
munity health services and social services. 
(6) Other activities deemed necessary by the 
Secretary. 
(c) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—Applicants shall sub-
mit applications in a form and manner prescribed by the 
Secretary. In order to receive a grant under this section, 
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an applicant must include in the application the following 
information: 
(1) A description of the services to be furnished 
by the applicant. 
(2) The amounts and sources of funding that 
the applicant will expend, including estimates of the 
amount of payments the applicant will receive from 
sources other than the grant. 
(3) Such other information as the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate. 
(d) ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—In 
order to receive a grant under this section, an applicant 
must meet the following conditions: 
(1) The applicant furnishes the following serv-
ices: 
(A) Diagnosis and treatment of simple ill-
nesses and minor injuries. 
(B) Preventive health services, including 
health screenings. 
(C) Services provided for the purpose de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2). 
(D) Referrals and followups in situations 
involving illness or injury. 
(E) Health and social services, counseling 
services, and necessary referrals, including re-
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ferrals regarding mental health and substance 
abuse. 
(F) Such other services as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate. 
(2) The applicant is a participating provider in 
the State’s program for medical assistance under 
title XIX of the Social Security Act. 
(3) The applicant does not impose charges on 
students or their families for services (including col-
lection of any cost-sharing for services under the 
comprehensive benefit package that otherwise would 
be required). 
(4) The applicant has reviewed and will periodi-
cally review the needs of the population served by 
the applicant in order to ensure that its services are 
accessible to the maximum number of school-aged 
children in the area, and that, to the maximum ex-
tent possible, barriers to access to services of the ap-
plicant are removed (including barriers resulting 
from the area’s physical characteristics, its eco-
nomic, social and cultural grouping, the health care 
utilization patterns of such children, and available 
transportation). 
(5) In the case of an applicant which serves a 
population that includes a substantial proportion of 
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