work or organizational structures relating to autism spec-
trum disorders. 
SEC. 10. NATIONAL TRAINING INITIATIVES ON AUTISM 
SPECTRUM DISORDERS. 
Part R of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280i), as amended by section 8, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 399KK. NATIONAL TRAINING INITIATIVES ON AUTISM 
SPECTRUM DISORDERS. 
‘‘(a) NATIONAL
TRAINING
INITIATIVE
SUPPLE-
MENTAL GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
multiyear national training initiative supplemental 
grants to eligible entities so that such entities may 
provide training and technical assistance and to dis-
seminate information, in order to enable such enti-
ties to address the unmet needs of individuals with 
autism spectrum disorders and their families. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible to re-
ceive assistance under this section an entity shall— 
‘‘(A) be a public or private nonprofit enti-
ty, including University Centers for Excellence 
in Developmental Disabilities and other service, 
training, and academic entities; and 
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‘‘(B) submit an application as described in 
paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible entity that 
desires to receive a grant under this paragraph shall 
submit to the Secretary an application containing 
such agreements and information as the Secretary 
may require, including agreements that the training 
program shall— 
‘‘(A) provide trainees with an appropriate 
balance of interdisciplinary academic and com-
munity-based experiences; 
‘‘(B) have a demonstrated capacity to in-
clude individuals with autism spectrum dis-
orders, parents, and family members as part of 
the training program to ensure that a person 
and family-centered approach is used; 
‘‘(C) provide to the Secretary, in the man-
ner prescribed by the Secretary, data regarding 
the outcomes of the provision of training and 
technical assistance; 
‘‘(D) demonstrate a capacity to share and 
disseminate materials and practices that are de-
veloped and evaluated to be effective in the pro-
vision of training and technical assistance; and 
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‘‘(E) provide assurances that training, 
technical assistance, and information dissemina-
tion performed under grants made pursuant to 
this paragraph shall be consistent with the 
goals established under already existing dis-
ability programs authorized under Federal law 
and conducted in coordination with other rel-
evant State agencies and service providers. 
‘‘(4) ACTIVITIES.—An entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall expand and develop 
interdisciplinary training and continuing education 
initiatives for health, allied health, and educational 
professionals by engaging in the following activities: 
‘‘(A) Promoting and engaging in training 
for health, allied health, and educational profes-
sionals to identify, diagnose, and develop inter-
ventions for individuals with, or at risk of devel-
oping, autism spectrum disorders. 
‘‘(B) Working to expand the availability of 
training and information regarding effective, 
lifelong interventions, educational services, and 
community supports, including specific training 
for criminal justice system, emergency health 
care, legal, and other mainstream first re-
sponder professionals, to identify characteristics 
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of individuals with autism spectrum disorders 
and to develop appropriate responses and inter-
ventions. 
‘‘(C) Providing technical assistance in col-
laboration with relevant State, regional, or na-
tional agencies, institutions of higher education, 
advocacy groups for individuals with autism 
spectrum disorders and their families, or com-
munity-based service providers. 
‘‘(D) Developing mechanisms to provide 
training and technical assistance, including for- 
credit courses, intensive summer institutes, con-
tinuing education programs, distance-based pro-
grams, and web-based information dissemina-
tion strategies. 
‘‘(E) Collecting data on the outcomes of 
training and technical assistance programs to 
meet statewide needs for the expansion of serv-
ices to children with autism spectrum disorders 
and adults with autism spectrum disorders. 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
reserve 2 percent of the appropriated funds to make a 
grant to a national organization with demonstrated capac-
ity for providing training and technical assistance to the 
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entities receiving grants under subsection (a) to enable 
such entities to— 
‘‘(1) assist in national dissemination of specific 
information, including evidence-based and promising 
best practices, from interdisciplinary training pro-
grams, and when appropriate, other entities whose 
findings would inform the work performed by enti-
ties awarded grants; 
‘‘(2) compile and disseminate strategies and 
materials that prove to be effective in the provision 
of training and technical assistance so that the en-
tire network can benefit from the models, materials, 
and practices developed in individual centers; 
‘‘(3) assist in the coordination of activities of 
grantees under this section; 
‘‘(4) develop an Internet web portal that will 
provide linkages to each of the individual training 
initiatives and provide access to training modules, 
promising training, and technical assistance prac-
tices and other materials developed by grantees; 
‘‘(5) convene experts from multiple interdiscipli-
nary training programs and individuals with autism 
spectrum disorders and their families to discuss and 
make recommendations with regard to training 
issues related to the assessment, diagnosis of, treat-
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