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scholarships, and grants or other assist-
ance authorized by this Act or other Fed-
eral or State programs. 
(c) PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY.—The Web site 
maintained under this section shall— 
(1) be publicly accessible; 
(2) be user friendly and convey infor-
mation in a manner that is easily under-
standable; and 
(3) be in English and the second most 
prevalent language spoken based on the 
latest Census information. 
SEC. 2572. ONLINE HEALTH WORKFORCE TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS. 
Section 171 of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916) (as amended by 
section 2553) is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(g) ONLINE HEALTH WORKFORCE TRAINING 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall award National Health Work-
force Online Training Grants on a 
competitive basis to eligible entities to 
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enable such entities to carry out train-
ing for individuals to attain or ad-
vance in health care occupations. An 
entity may leverage such grant with 
other Federal, State, local, and pri-
vate resources, in order to expand the 
participation of businesses, employees, 
and individuals in such training pro-
grams. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to re-
ceive a grant under the program es-
tablished under this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) an entity shall be an edu-
cational institution, community- 
based organization, non-profit or-
ganization, workforce investment 
board, or local or county govern-
ment; and 
‘‘(ii) an entity shall provide 
online workforce training for indi-
viduals seeking to attain or ad-
vance in health care occupations, 
including nursing, nursing assist-
ants, dentistry, pharmacy, health 
care management and adminis-
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tration, public health, health in-
formation systems analysis, med-
ical assistants, and other health 
care practitioner and support oc-
cupations. 
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—Priority in award-
ing grants under this paragraph shall 
be given to entities that— 
‘‘(i) have demonstrated experi-
ence in implementing and oper-
ating online worker skills train-
ing and education programs; 
‘‘(ii) have demonstrated expe-
rience 
coordinating 
activities, 
where appropriate, with the work-
force investment system; and 
‘‘(iii) conduct training for oc-
cupations with national or local 
shortages. 
‘‘(D) DATA
COLLECTION.—Grantees 
under this paragraph shall collect 
and report information on— 
‘‘(i) the number of partici-
pants; 
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‘‘(ii) the services received by 
the participants; 
‘‘(iii) 
program 
completion 
rates; 
‘‘(iv) factors determined as sig-
nificantly interfering with pro-
gram participation or completion; 
‘‘(v) the rate of job placement; 
and 
‘‘(vi) other information as de-
termined as needed by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(E) OUTREACH.—Grantees under 
this paragraph shall conduct out-
reach activities to disseminate infor-
mation about their program and re-
sults to workforce investment boards, 
local governments, educational insti-
tutions, and other workforce training 
organizations. 
‘‘(F) 
PERFORMANCE
LEVELS.—The 
Secretary shall establish indicators of 
performance that will be used to 
evaluate the performance of grantees 
under this paragraph in carrying out 
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the activities described in this para-
graph. The Secretary shall negotiate 
and reach agreement with each grant-
ee regarding the levels of performance 
expected to be achieved by the grantee 
on the indicators of performance. 
‘‘(G) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this subsection $50,000,000 for fis-
cal years 2011 through 2020. 
‘‘(2) 
ONLINE
HEALTH
PROFESSIONS 
TRAINING PROGRAM CLEARINGHOUSE.— 
‘‘(A) DESCRIPTION
OF
GRANT.—The 
Secretary shall award one grant to an 
eligible postsecondary educational in-
stitution to provide the services de-
scribed in this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to 
receive a grant under this paragraph, 
a postsecondary educational institu-
tion shall— 
‘‘(i) have demonstrated the 
ability to disseminate research on 
best practices for implementing 
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workforce investment programs; 
and 
‘‘(ii) be a national leader in 
producing cutting-edge research 
on technology related to workforce 
investment systems under subtitle 
B. 
‘‘(C) SERVICES.—The postsecondary 
educational institution that receives a 
grant under this paragraph shall use 
such grant— 
‘‘(i) to provide technical assist-
ance to entities that receive grants 
under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(ii) to collect and nationally 
disseminate the data gathered by 
entities that receive grants under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(iii) to disseminate the best 
practices identified by the Na-
tional Health Workforce Online 
Training Grant Program to other 
workforce training organizations. 
‘‘(D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be ap-
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propriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this subsection $1,000,000 for fis-
cal years 2011 through 2020.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 168 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3200 
[Report No. 111–299, Parts I, II, and III] 
A BILL 
To provide affordable, quality health care for all 
Americans and reduce the growth in health care 
spending, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 14, 2009 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
with an amendment; reported from the Committee on 
Ways and Means with an amendment; reported from 
the Committee on Education and Labor with an 
amendment 
OCTOBER 14, 2009 
Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and 
the Budget discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
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