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‘‘(B) strategies for the dissemination and 
sharing of curricula and other educational ma-
terials developed under the grant to other inter-
ested medical and nursing schools and national 
resource repositories for materials on domestic 
violence and sexual assault; and 
‘‘(C) a plan for consulting with, and com-
pensating community-based coalitions or indi-
viduals who have experience and expertise in 
issues related to domestic violence, sexual as-
sault, dating violence, and stalking for services 
provided under the program carried out under 
the grant. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) 
REQUIRED
USES.—Amounts 
provided 
under a grant under this section shall be used to— 
‘‘(A) fund interdisciplinary training and 
education projects that are designed to train 
medical, nursing, and other health professions 
students and residents to identify and provide 
health care services (including mental or behav-
ioral health care services and referrals to appro-
priate community services) to individuals who 
are or who have experienced domestic violence,
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sexual assault, and stalking or dating violence; 
and 
‘‘(B) plan and develop culturally competent 
clinical components for integration into ap-
proved residency training programs that ad-
dress health issues related to domestic violence, 
sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, 
along with other forms of violence as appro-
priate, and include the primacy of victim safety 
and confidentiality. 
‘‘(2) PERMISSIVE
USES.—Amounts provided 
under a grant under this section may be used to— 
‘‘(A) offer community-based training op-
portunities in rural areas for medical, nursing, 
and other students and residents on domestic 
violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating vi-
olence, and other forms of violence and abuse, 
which may include the use of distance learning 
networks and other available technologies need-
ed to reach isolated rural areas; or 
‘‘(B) provide stipends to students from ra-
cial and ethnic population groups who are 
underrepresented in the health professions as 
necessary to promote and enable their partici-
pation in clerkships, preceptorships, or other
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offsite training experiences that are designed to 
develop health care clinical skills related to do-
mestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, 
and stalking. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) CONFIDENTIALITY
AND
SAFETY.— 
Grantees under this section shall ensure that all 
educational programs developed with grant 
funds address issues of confidentiality and pa-
tient safety, and that faculty and staff associ-
ated with delivering educational components are 
fully trained in procedures that will protect the 
immediate and ongoing security of the patients, 
patient records, and staff. Advocacy-based coali-
tions or other expertise available in the commu-
nity shall be consulted on the development and 
adequacy of confidentially and security proce-
dures, and shall be fairly compensated by 
grantees for their services. 
‘‘(B) RURAL
PROGRAMS.—Rural training 
programs carried out under paragraph (2)(A) 
shall reflect adjustments in protocols and proce-
dures or referrals that may be needed to protect 
the confidentiality and safety of patients who 
live in small or isolated communities and who
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are currently or have previously experienced vio-
lence or abuse. 
‘‘(4) CHILD AND ELDER ABUSE.—Issues related 
to child and elder abuse may be addressed as part 
of a comprehensive programmatic approach imple-
mented under a grant under this section. 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS OF GRANTEES.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—A grantee shall not use more than 10 per-
cent of the amounts received under a grant under 
this section for administrative expenses. 
‘‘(2) CONTRIBUTION
OF
FUNDS.—A grantee 
under this section, and any entity receiving assist-
ance under the grant for training and education, 
shall contribute non-Federal funds, either directly or 
through in-kind contributions, to the costs of the ac-
tivities to be funded under the grant in an amount 
that is not less than 25 percent of the total cost of 
such activities. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall remain 
available until expended.’’.