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(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. 
(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. 
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(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, 
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. 
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(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-
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-
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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 
individuals of limited English speaking ability, the 
applicant has developed a plan to meet the needs of 
such population to the extent practicable in the lan-
guage and cultural context most appropriate to such 
individuals. 
(6) The applicant will provide non-Federal con-
tributions toward the cost of the project in an 
amount determined by the Secretary. 
(7) The applicant will operate a quality assur-
ance program consistent with section 734(d). 
(e) DURATION OF GRANT.—A grant under this sec-
tion shall be for a period determined by the Secretary. 
(f) REPORTS.—A recipient of funding under this sec-
tion shall provide such reports and information as are re-
quired in regulations of the Secretary. 
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SEC. 736. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
Of the amounts made available under section 731, the 
Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent for admin-
istrative expenses regarding this subtitle. 
SEC. 737. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘adolescent children’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 732(c). 
(2) The term ‘‘at risk’’ means at-risk with re-
spect to health. 
(3) The term ‘‘community health center’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 330 of the 
Public Health Service Act. 
(4) The term ‘‘health professional shortage 
area’’ means a health professional shortage area des-
ignated under section 332 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act. 
(5) The term ‘‘medically underserved popu-
lation’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
330 of the Public Health Service Act. 
(6) The term ‘‘school-aged children’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 732(c). 
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