‘‘(8) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—A geriatric 
education center that receives an award under this 
subsection shall provide assurances to the Secretary 
that funds provided to the geriatric education center 
under this subsection will be used only to supple-
ment, not to supplant, the amount of Federal, State, 
and local funds otherwise expended by the geriatric 
education center. 
‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to any other funding available to carry out 
this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this subsection, $10,800,000 for the pe-
riod of fiscal year 2011 through 2013.’’. 
SEC. 102. IMPROVING GERIATRIC TRAINING FOR PHYSI-
CIANS, DENTISTS, AND BEHAVIOR AND MEN-
TAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 
Section 753 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 294), as amended by section 101, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) GERIATRIC TRAINING FOR PHYSICIANS, DEN-
TISTS, AND BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFES-
SIONALS.—An accredited school of medicine or osteopathic 
medicine, an accredited psychology program, a teaching 
hospital, or a graduate medical education program that 
receives an award under subsection (c) may use the funds 
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under such award to carry out a program to train individ-
uals for either 1 year, 2 years, or both, who are seeking 
a certificate of added qualification or specialization in geri-
atrics for either 1 year, 2 years, or both. Such a program 
may be located in a medical school or academic health cen-
ter that offers programs in 2 of the 3 disciplines described 
in subsection (c)(5). Such program may fund the training 
of psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and clin-
ical social workers as part of the behavior and mental 
health training programs.’’. 
SEC. 103. GERIATRIC ACADEMIC CAREER AWARDS. 
(a) EXPANSION
OF ELIGIBILITY
FOR GERIATRIC 
ACADEMIC CAREER AWARDS; PAYMENT
TO INSTITU-
TION.—Section 753(c) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 294(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2) through para-
graph (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—To be eligible to 
receive an Award under paragraph (1), an individual 
shall— 
‘‘(A) be board certified or board eligible in 
internal medicine, family practice, or psychiatry 
or have completed any required training in a 
discipline and employed in an accredited health 
professions school that is approved by the Sec-
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retary, including dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, 
social work, and psychology; 
‘‘(B) have completed an approved fellow-
ship program in geriatrics; and 
‘‘(C) have a junior (non-tenured) faculty 
appointment at an accredited (as determined by 
the Secretary) school of medicine, osteopathic 
medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, den-
tistry, pharmacy, or other allied health dis-
ciplines in an accredited health professions 
school that is approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—No Award under para-
graph (1) may be made to an eligible individual un-
less the individual— 
‘‘(A) has submitted to the Secretary an ap-
plication, at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary 
may require, and the Secretary has approved 
such application; 
‘‘(B) provides, in such form and manner as 
the Secretary may require, assurances that the 
individual will meet the service requirement de-
scribed in paragraph (5); and 
‘‘(C) provides, in such form and manner as 
the Secretary may require, assurances that the 
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individual has a full-time faculty appointment 
in a health professions institution and docu-
mented commitment from such institution to 
spend 75 percent of the total time of such indi-
vidual on teaching and developing skills in 
interdisciplinary education in geriatrics. 
‘‘(4) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—An eligible 
individual that receives an Award under paragraph 
(1) shall provide assurances to the Secretary that 
funds provided to the eligible individual under this 
subsection will be used only to supplement, not to 
supplant, the amount of Federal, State, and local 
funds otherwise expended by the eligible individual.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘for individuals who 
are physicians’’ after ‘‘this section’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall 
determine the amount of an Award under 
this section for individuals who are not 
physicians.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(C) PAYMENT
TO
INSTITUTION.—The 
Secretary shall transfer funds awarded to an in-
dividual under this section to the institution 
where such individual will carry out the award, 
in order to facilitate financial management of 
the reward pursuant to guidelines of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the amend-
ments made by this section $6,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2011, 2012, and 2013. 
SEC. 104. GERIATRIC CAREER INCENTIVE AWARDS. 
Section 753 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 294), as amended by section 102, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) GERIATRIC CAREER INCENTIVE AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants or contracts under this section to individuals 
described in paragraph (2) to foster greater interest 
among a variety of health professionals in entering 
the field of geriatrics, long-term care, and chronic 
care management. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—To be eligible to 
received an award under paragraph (1), an indi-
vidual shall— 
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