Public and Allied Health Personnel Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Public and Allied Health Personnel Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants and enter into contracts to assist eligible entities in meeting the costs of development, demonstration, study, or experimentation projects undertaken with respect to one or more of the projects specified under this Act, including; (1) methods of providing graduate education for public and community health personnel; (2) methods of providing short-term and continuing education for public and community health personnel; and (3) model curricula for the education of public and community health personnel. States that the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications for projects which are concerned with public and community health personnel for which there is the greatest national need. Provides that the Secretary shall make grants to public or nonprofit private graduate schools of public health and public and nonprofit private educational entities for the purpose of supporting graduate educational programs. Authorizes an appropriation of $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 for such grants and contracts. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish traineeships in the…