tribute such grants among the various regions of the 
United States. 
‘‘(6) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary may give priority to 
programs that— 
‘‘(A) have the goal of improving and pro-
viding comprehensive coordinated care of older 
adults, including medical, dental, and psycho-
social needs; 
‘‘(B) support the training and retraining of 
faculty, preceptors, primary care providers, and 
providers in other specialties to increase their 
knowledge of geriatrics and gerontology; 
‘‘(C) provide clinical experiences across 
care settings, including ambulatory care, hos-
pitals, post-acute care, nursing homes, federally 
qualified health centers, and home and commu-
nity-based services; 
‘‘(D) emphasize education and engagement 
of family caregivers on disease self-manage-
ment, medication management, and stress re-
duction strategies; 
‘‘(E) provide training to the health care 
workforce on disease self-management, motiva-
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tional interviewing, medication management, 
and stress reduction strategies; 
‘‘(F) provide training to the health care 
workforce on social determinants of health in 
order to better address the geriatric health care 
needs of diverse populations; 
‘‘(G) integrate geriatrics competencies and 
interprofessional 
collaborative 
practice 
into 
health care education and training curricula for 
residents, fellows, and students; 
‘‘(H) substantially benefit rural or under-
served populations of older adults; 
‘‘(I) integrate behavioral health com-
petencies into primary care practice, especially 
with respect to elder abuse, pain management, 
and advance care planning; or 
‘‘(J) offer short-term intensive courses 
that— 
‘‘(i) focus on geriatrics, gerontology, 
chronic care management, and long-term 
care that provide supplemental training for 
faculty members in medical schools and 
other health professions schools or grad-
uate programs in psychology, pharmacy, 
nursing, social work, dentistry, public 
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health, allied health, or other health dis-
ciplines, as approved by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) are open to current faculty, and 
appropriately credentialed volunteer faculty 
and practitioners, to upgrade their knowl-
edge and clinical skills for the care of older 
adults and adults with functional and cog-
nitive limitations and to enhance their 
interdisciplinary teaching skills. 
‘‘(b) GERIATRIC ACADEMIC CAREER AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary shall establish a program to provide Geriatric 
Academic Career Awards to eligible entities applying 
on behalf of eligible individuals to promote the ca-
reer development of such individuals as academic 
geriatricians or other academic geriatrics health pro-
fessionals. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) an entity described in paragraph 
(1), (3), or (4) of section 295p or section 
296(2); or 
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‘‘(ii) an accredited health professions 
school or graduate program approved by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUAL.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘eligible indi-
vidual’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(i) is board certified or board eligible 
in internal medicine, family practice, psy-
chiatry, or licensed dentistry, or has com-
pleted any required training in a discipline 
and is employed in an accredited health 
professions school or graduate program 
that is approved by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(ii) has completed an approved fel-
lowship program in geriatrics or geron-
tology, or has completed specialty training 
in geriatrics or gerontology as required by 
the discipline and any additional geriatrics 
or gerontology training as required by the 
Secretary; and 
‘‘(iii) has a junior (non-tenured) fac-
ulty appointment at an accredited school of 
allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, 
nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, 
pharmacy, or other allied health disciplines 
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in an accredited health professions school 
or graduate program that is approved by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—An eligible entity may not 
receive an award under paragraph (1) on behalf of 
an eligible individual unless the eligible entity— 
‘‘(A) submits to the Secretary an applica-
tion, at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may 
require, and the Secretary approves such appli-
cation; 
‘‘(B) provides, in such form and manner as 
the Secretary may require, assurances that the 
eligible individual on whose behalf an applica-
tion was submitted under subparagraph (A) will 
meet the service requirement described in para-
graph (7); and 
‘‘(C) provides, in such form and manner as 
the Secretary may require, assurances that such 
individual has a full-time faculty appointment 
in an accredited health professions school or 
graduate program and documented commitment 
from such school or program to spend 50 per-
cent of the total time of such individual on 
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teaching and developing skills in interdiscipli-
nary education in geriatrics. 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall give priority to eligible entities 
that apply on behalf of eligible individuals who 
are on the faculty of institutions that integrate 
geriatrics education, training, and best prac-
tices into academic program criteria; 
‘‘(B) may give priority to eligible entities 
that operate a geriatrics workforce enhance-
ment program under subsection (a); 
‘‘(C) shall ensure that grants are equitably 
distributed among rural or underserved popu-
lations of older adults across the various geo-
graphical regions of the United States; 
‘‘(D) shall pay particular attention to geri-
atrics healthcare workforce needs among under-
served populations and rural areas; 
‘‘(E) may not require an eligible individual, 
or an eligible entity applying on behalf of an eli-
gible individual, to be a recipient of a grant or 
contract under section 753(a) or 750 of title 
VII of the Public Health Service Act; and 
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‘‘(F) shall award a maximum of 120 
grants during any three-year period. 
‘‘(5) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—An eligible 
entity receiving an award under paragraph (1) on 
behalf of an eligible individual shall provide assur-
ances to the Secretary that funds provided to such 
individual under this subsection will be used only to 
supplement, not to supplant, the amount of Federal, 
State, and local funds otherwise expended by such 
individual. 
‘‘(6) AMOUNT AND TERM.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—The amount of an award 
under this subsection for eligible individuals 
who are physicians shall equal $50,000 for fis-
cal year 1998, adjusted for subsequent fiscal 
years to reflect the increase in the Consumer 
Price Index. The Secretary shall determine the 
amount of an award under this subsection for 
individuals who are not physicians. 
‘‘(B) TERM.—The term of any award 
made under this subsection shall not exceed 3 
years. 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT
TO
INSTITUTION.—The 
Secretary shall make payments to institutions 
which include schools of medicine, osteopathic 
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medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, den-
tistry, and pharmacy, or other allied health dis-
cipline in an accredited health professions 
school or graduate program that is approved by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(7) SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—An eligible indi-
vidual on whose behalf an application was submitted 
and approved under paragraph (3)(A) shall provide 
training in clinical geriatrics or gerontology, includ-
ing the training of interdisciplinary teams of health 
care professionals. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this subsection $38,737,000 for the 
period of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.’’. 
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