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1 menting instruction regarding the oral health status,
2 dental care needs, and risk-based clinical disease
3 management of all pediatric populations with an em-
4 phasis on underserved children.
5 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant or con-
6 tract under subsection (a), an entity shall be—
7 ‘‘(1) an accredited school of dentistry, training
8 program in dental hygiene, or public or nonprofit
9 private hospital;
10 ‘‘(2) a training program in dental hygiene at an
11 accredited institution of higher education;
12 ‘‘(3) a public or private nonprofit entity; or
13 ‘‘(4) a consortium of—
14 ‘‘(A) 2 or more of the entities described in
15 paragraphs (1) through (3); and
16 ‘‘(B) an accredited school of public health.
17 ‘‘(d) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants or contracts
18 under this section, the Secretary shall give preference to
19 entities that have a demonstrated record of the following:
20 ‘‘(1) Training the greatest percentage, or sig-
21 nificantly improving the percentage, of oral health
22 professionals who practice general, pediatric, or pub-
23 lic health dentistry.

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1 ‘‘(2) Training individuals who are from under-
2 represented minority groups or disadvantaged back-
3 grounds.
4 ‘‘(3) A high rate of placing graduates in prac-
5 tice settings having the principal focus of serving in
6 underserved areas or populations experiencing health
7 disparities (including serving patients eligible for
8 medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Se-
9 curity Act or for child health assistance under title
10 XXI of such Act or those with special health care
11 needs).
12 ‘‘(4) Supporting teaching programs that ad-
13 dress the dental needs of vulnerable populations.
14 ‘‘(5) Providing instruction regarding the oral
15 health status, dental care needs, and risk-based clin-
16 ical disease management of all pediatric populations
17 with an emphasis on underserved children.
18 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the
19 Congress an annual report on the program carried out
20 under this section.
21 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section:
22 ‘‘(1) The term ‘health disparities’ has the
23 meaning given the term in section 3171.
24 ‘‘(2) The term ‘oral health professional’ means
25 an individual training or practicing—

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1 ‘‘(A) in general dentistry, pediatric den-
2 tistry, public health dentistry, or dental hy-
3 giene; or
4 ‘‘(B) another dental medicine specialty, as
5 deemed appropriate by the Secretary.’’.
6 SEC. 2216. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part F of title VII (42 U.S.C.

8 295j et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
9 lowing:
10 ‘‘SEC. 799C. FUNDING THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH INVEST-

11 MENT FUND.

12 ‘‘(a) PROMOTION OF PRIMARY CARE AND DEN-

13 TISTRY.—For the purpose of carrying out subpart XI of
14 part D of title III and sections 723, 747, 748, and 749,
15 in addition to any other amounts authorized to be appro-
16 priated for such purpose, there is authorized to be appro-
17 priated, out of any monies in the Public Health Invest-
18 ment Fund, the following:
19 ‘‘(1) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.
20 ‘‘(2) $253,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
21 ‘‘(3) $265,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.
22 ‘‘(4) $278,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.
23 ‘‘(5) $292,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.
24 ‘‘(6) $307,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.
25 ‘‘(7) $322,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.

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1 ‘‘(8) $338,000,000 for fiscal year 2017.
2 ‘‘(9) $355,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.
3 ‘‘(10) $373,000,000 for fiscal year 2019.’’.
4 (b) EXISTING AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA-
5 TIONS.—

6 (1) SECTION 735.—Paragraph (1) of section

7 735(g), as so redesignated, is amended by inserting
8 ‘‘and such sums as may be necessary for subsequent
9 years through fiscal year 2019’’ before the period at
10 the end.
11 (2) SECTION 747.—Subsection (f), as so redes-
12 ignated, of section 747 (42 U.S.C. 293k) is amended
13 by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’.
14 Subtitle B—Nursing Workforce
15 SEC. 2221. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

16 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 801 (42 U.S.C. 296 et

17 seq.) is amended—
18 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘nurse-man-
19 aged health centers’’ after ‘‘nursing centers,’’; and
20 (2) by adding at the end the following:
21 ‘‘(16) NURSE-MANAGED HEALTH CENTER.—

22 The term ‘nurse-managed health center’ means a

23 nurse-practice arrangement, managed by advanced
24 practice nurses, that provides primary care or
25 wellness services to underserved or vulnerable popu-

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1 lations and is associated with an accredited school of
2 nursing, Federally qualified health center, or inde-
3 pendent nonprofit health or social services agency.’’.
4 (a) GRANTS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDU-
5 CATION.—Title VIII (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.) is amended
6 by striking section 807.
7 (b) ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING GRANTS.—Sec-
8 tion 811(f) (42 U.S.C. 296j(f)) is amended—
9 (1) by striking paragraph (2);
10 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
11 graph (2); and
12 (3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by
13 striking ‘‘that agrees’’ and all that follows through
14 the end and inserting: ‘‘that agrees to expend the
15 award—
16 ‘‘(A) to train advanced education nurses
17 who will practice in health professional shortage
18 areas designated under section 332; or
19 ‘‘(B) to increase diversity among advanced
20 education nurses.’’.
21 (c) NURSE EDUCATION, PRACTICE, AND RETENTION
22 GRANTS.—Section 831 (42 U.S.C. 296p) is amended—
23 (1) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph
24 (3) to read as follows:

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1 ‘‘(3) providing coordinated care, quality care,
2 and other skills needed to practice nursing;’’; and
3 (2) by striking subsection (e) and redesignating
4 subsections (f) through (h) as subsections (e)
5 through (g), respectively.
6 (d) STUDENT LOANS.—Subsection (a) of section 836
7 (42 U.S.C. 297b) is amended—
8 (1) by striking ‘‘$2,500’’ and inserting
9 ‘‘$3,300’’;
10 (2) by striking ‘‘$4,000’’ and inserting
11 ‘‘$5,200’’;
12 (3) by striking ‘‘$13,000’’ and inserting
13 ‘‘$17,000’’; and
14 (4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Begin-
15 ning with fiscal year 2012, the dollar amounts speci-
16 fied in this subsection shall be adjusted by an
17 amount determined by the Secretary on an annual
18 basis to reflect inflation.’’.
19 (e) LOAN REPAYMENT.—Section 846 (42 U.S.C.
20 297n) is amended—
21 (1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph
22 (3) to read as follows:
23 ‘‘(3) who enters into an agreement with the
24 Secretary to serve for a period of not less than 2
25 years—

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1 ‘‘(A) as a nurse at a health care facility
2 with a critical shortage of nurses; or
3 ‘‘(B) as a faculty member at an accredited
4 school of nursing;’’; and
5 (2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘to provide
6 health services’’ each place it appears and inserting
7 ‘‘to provide health services or serve as a faculty
8 member’’.
9 (f) NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM.—Paragraph
10 (2) of section 846A(c) (42 U.S.C. 297n–1(c)) is amended
11 by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ and all that follows through the
12 semicolon and inserting ‘‘$35,000, plus, beginning with
13 fiscal year 2012, an amount determined by the Secretary
14 on an annual basis to reflect inflation;’’.
15 (g) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.—Title VIII
16 (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.) is amended by striking part H.
17 (h) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
18 Title VIII (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.) is amended—
19 (1) by redesignating section 810 (relating to
20 prohibition against discrimination by schools on the
21 basis of sex) as section 809 and moving such section
22 so that it follows section 808;
23 (2) in sections 835, 836, 838, 840, and 842, by
24 striking the term ‘‘this subpart’’ each place it ap-
25 pears and inserting ‘‘this part’’;

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1 (3) in section 836(h), by striking the last sen-
2 tence;
3 (4) in section 836, by redesignating subsection
4 (l) as subsection (k);
5 (5) in section 839, by striking ‘‘839’’ and all
6 that follows through ‘‘(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘839. (a)’’;
7 (6) in section 835(b), by striking ‘‘841’’ each
8 place it appears and inserting ‘‘871’’;
9 (7) by redesignating section 841 as section 871,
10 moving part F to the end of the title, and redesig-
11 nating such part as part H;
12 (8) in part G—
13 (A) by redesignating section 845 as section
14 851; and
15 (B) by redesignating part G as part F; and
16 (9) in part I—
17 (A) by redesignating section 855 as section
18 861; and
19 (B) by redesignating part I as part G.
20 (i) FUNDING.—
21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Part H, as redesignated, of
22 title VIII is amended by adding at the end the fol-
23 lowing:

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