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‘‘(F) 100 physician assistant or nurse prac-
titioner students annually; and 
‘‘(G) 50 pharmacy students annually. 
‘‘(2) LOCATIONS.—The Track shall be located at 
existing and accredited, affiliated health professions 
education training programs at academic health cen-
ters located in regions of the United States deter-
mined appropriate by the Surgeon General, in con-
sultation with the National Health Care Workforce 
Commission established in section 5101 of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
‘‘(b) NUMBER OF GRADUATES.—Except as provided in 
subsection (a), the number of persons to be graduated from 
the Track shall be prescribed by the Secretary. In so pre-
scribing the number of persons to be graduated from the 
Track, the Secretary shall institute actions necessary to en-
sure the maximum number of first-year enrollments in the 
Track consistent with the academic capacity of the affili-
ated sites and the needs of the United States for medical, 
dental, and nursing personnel. 
‘‘(c) DEVELOPMENT.—The development of the Track 
may be by such phases as the Secretary may prescribe sub-
ject to the requirements of subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) INTEGRATED LONGITUDINAL PLAN.—The Sur-
geon General shall develop an integrated longitudinal plan 
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for health professions continuing education throughout the 
continuum of health-related education, training, and prac-
tice. Training under such plan shall emphasize patient-cen-
tered, interdisciplinary, and care coordination skills. Expe-
rience with deployment of emergency response teams shall 
be included during the clinical experiences. 
‘‘(e) FACULTY DEVELOPMENT.—The Surgeon General 
shall develop faculty development programs and curricula 
in decentralized venues of health care, to balance urban, ter-
tiary, and inpatient venues. 
‘‘SEC. 272. ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The business of the Track shall be 
conducted by the Surgeon General with funds appropriated 
for and provided by the Department of Health and Human 
Services. The National Health Care Workforce Commission 
shall assist the Surgeon General in an advisory capacity. 
‘‘(b) FACULTY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Surgeon General, after 
considering the recommendations of the National 
Health Care Workforce Commission, shall obtain the 
services of such professors, instructors, and adminis-
trative and other employees as may be necessary to 
operate the Track, but utilize when possible, existing 
affiliated health professions training institutions. 
Members of the faculty and staff shall be employed 
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under salary schedules and granted retirement and 
other related benefits prescribed by the Secretary so as 
to place the employees of the Track faculty on a com-
parable basis with the employees of fully accredited 
schools of the health professions within the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) TITLES.—The Surgeon General may confer 
academic titles, as appropriate, upon the members of 
the faculty. 
‘‘(3) NONAPPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—The lim-
itations in section 5373 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall not apply to the authority of the Surgeon Gen-
eral under paragraph (1) to prescribe salary schedules 
and other related benefits. 
‘‘(c) AGREEMENTS.—The Surgeon General may nego-
tiate agreements with agencies of the Federal Government 
to utilize on a reimbursable basis appropriate existing Fed-
eral medical resources located in the United States (or loca-
tions selected in accordance with section 271(a)(2)). Under 
such agreements the facilities concerned will retain their 
identities and basic missions. The Surgeon General may ne-
gotiate affiliation agreements with accredited universities 
and health professions training institutions in the United 
States. Such agreements may include provisions for pay-
ments for educational services provided students partici-
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pating in Department of Health and Human Services edu-
cational programs. 
‘‘(d) PROGRAMS.—The Surgeon General may establish 
the following educational programs for Track students: 
‘‘(1) Postdoctoral, postgraduate, and techno-
logical programs. 
‘‘(2) A cooperative program for medical, dental, 
physician assistant, pharmacy, behavioral and men-
tal health, public health, and nursing students. 
‘‘(3) Other programs that the Surgeon General 
determines necessary in order to operate the Track in 
a cost-effective manner. 
‘‘(e) CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION.—The Sur-
geon General shall establish programs in continuing med-
ical education for members of the health professions to the 
end that high standards of health care may be maintained 
within the United States. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY OF THE SURGEON GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Surgeon General is au-
thorized— 
‘‘(A) to enter into contracts with, accept 
grants from, and make grants to any nonprofit 
entity for the purpose of carrying out cooperative 
enterprises in medical, dental, physician assist-
ant, pharmacy, behavioral and mental health, 
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public health, and nursing research, consulta-
tion, and education; 
‘‘(B) to enter into contracts with entities 
under which the Surgeon General may furnish 
the services of such professional, technical, or 
clerical personnel as may be necessary to fulfill 
cooperative enterprises undertaken by the Track; 
‘‘(C) to accept, hold, administer, invest, and 
spend any gift, devise, or bequest of personal 
property made to the Track, including any gift, 
devise, or bequest for the support of an academic 
chair, teaching, research, or demonstration 
project; 
‘‘(D) to enter into agreements with entities 
that may be utilized by the Track for the purpose 
of enhancing the activities of the Track in edu-
cation, research, and technological applications 
of knowledge; and 
‘‘(E) to accept the voluntary services of 
guest scholars and other persons. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Surgeon General may 
not enter into any contract with an entity if the con-
tract would obligate the Track to make outlays in ad-
vance of the enactment of budget authority for such 
outlays. 
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