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(6) Training and education for the public 
health professions. 
(7) Research on effective and cost-effective pub-
lic health practices. This function includes the devel-
opment, testing, evaluation, and publication of re-
sults of new prevention and public health control 
interventions. 
(8) Integration and coordination of the preven-
tion programs and services of community-based pro-
viders, local and State health departments, and 
other sectors of State and local government that af-
fect health. 
SEC. 712. SET-ASIDE FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DELIV-
ERY. 
(a) TRANSFERS
TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.— 
From the amounts provided under subsection (c), the 
Board shall make transfers from the American Health Se-
curity Trust Fund to the Public Health Service for the 
program of primary care service expansion grants under 
subpart V of part D of title III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (as added by section 713 of this Act). 
(b) RANGE OF FUNDS.—The amount of transfers 
under subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall be an amount 
(specified by the Board each year) not less than 6⁄100 per-
cent and not to exceed 1⁄10 percent of the amounts the 
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Board estimates will be expended from the Trust Fund 
in the fiscal year. 
(c) FUNDS SUPPLEMENTAL TO OTHER FUNDS.—The 
funds provided under this section with respect to provision 
of services are in addition to, and not in replacement of, 
funds made available under the sections 329, 330, 340, 
340A, 1001, and 2655 of the Public Health Service Act. 
The Board shall make no transfer of funds under this sec-
tion for any fiscal year for which the total appropriations 
for such sections are less than the total amount appro-
priated under such sections in fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 713. PRIMARY CARE SERVICE EXPANSION GRANTS. 
Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subpart: 
‘‘Subpart XI—Primary Care Expansion 
‘‘SEC. 340H. EXPANDING PRIMARY CARE DELIVERY CAPAC-
ITY IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS FOR PRIMARY CARE CENTERS.—From 
the amounts described in subsection (c), the American 
Health Security Standards Board shall make grants to 
public and nonprofit private entities for projects to plan 
and develop primary care centers which will serve medi-
cally underserved populations (as defined in section 
330(b)(3)) in urban and rural areas and to deliver primary 
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care services to such populations in such areas. The funds 
provided under such a grant may be used for the same 
purposes for which a grant may be made under subsection 
(c), (e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) of section 330. 
‘‘(b) PROCESS OF AWARDING GRANTS.—The provi-
sions of subsection (k)(1) of section 330 shall apply to 
a grant under this section in the same manner as they 
apply to a grant under the corresponding subsection of 
such section. The provisions of subsection (r)(2)(A) of 
such section shall apply to grants for projects to plan and 
develop primary care centers under this section in the 
same manner as they apply to grants under such section. 
‘‘(c) FUNDING AS SET-ASIDE FROM TRUST FUND.— 
Funds in the American Health Security Trust Fund (es-
tablished under section 801 of the act) shall be available 
to carry out this section. 
‘‘(d) PRIMARY CARE CENTER DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘primary care center’ means— 
‘‘(1) a health center (as defined in section 
330(a)(1)); 
‘‘(2) an entity qualified to receive a grant under 
section 330, 1001, or 2651; or 
‘‘(3) a Federally-qualified health center (as de-
fined in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security 
Act).’’. 
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Subtitle C—Primary Care and 
Outcomes Research 
SEC. 721. SET-ASIDE FOR OUTCOMES RESEARCH. 
(a) GRANTS
FOR
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH.—The 
Board shall make transfers from the American Health Se-
curity Trust Fund to the Agency for Health Care Policy 
and Research under title IX of the Public Health Service 
Act for the purpose of carrying out activities under such 
title. The Secretary shall assure that there is a special em-
phasis placed on pediatric outcomes research. 
(b) RANGE OF FUNDS.—The amount of transfers 
under subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall be an amount 
(specified by the Board each year) not less than 1⁄100 per-
cent and not to exceed 2⁄100 percent of the amounts the 
Board estimates will be expended from the Trust Fund 
in the fiscal year. 
(c) FUNDS SUPPLEMENTAL TO OTHER FUNDS.—The 
funds provided under this section with respect to provision 
of services are in addition to, and not in replacement of, 
funds made available to the Agency for Health Care Policy 
and Research under 937 of the Public Health Service Act. 
The Board shall make no transfer of funds under this sec-
tion for any fiscal year for which the total appropriations 
under such section are less than the total amount appro-
priated under such section and title in fiscal year 2008. 
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(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 937(b) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c–6(b)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘of the fiscal years 2001 
through 2005’’ the following: ‘‘and of fiscal year 2010 and 
each subsequent year’’. 
SEC. 722. OFFICE OF PRIMARY CARE AND PREVENTION RE-
SEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating parts G through I as parts 
H through J, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after part F the following new 
part: 
‘‘PART G—RESEARCH ON PRIMARY CARE AND 
PREVENTION 
‘‘SEC. 486E. OFFICE OF PRIMARY CARE AND PREVENTION 
RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office of the Director of NIH an office to be known 
as the Office of Primary Care and Prevention Research 
(in this part referred to as the ‘Office’). The Office shall 
be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the 
Director of NIH. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The Director of the Office shall— 
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