‘‘(D) A rural health care provider that is 
an individual practice or group practice. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this section, there is authorized to be ap-
propriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, 
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as 
may be necessary, but not to exceed $30,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2009 through 2011. 
‘‘(2) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
appropriated 
under paragraph (1) shall remain available through 
fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FEDERALLY
QUALIFIED
HEALTH
CEN-
TER.—The term ‘Federally qualified health center’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 
1861(aa)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x(aa)(4)). 
‘‘(2) GROUP PRACTICE.—The term ‘group prac-
tice’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1877(h)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395nn(h)(4)). 
‘‘(3) HEALTH
CARE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘health care provider’ means a hospital, skilled nurs-
ing facility, home health agency (as defined in sub-
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section (o) of section 1861 of the Social Security 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 1395x), health care clinic, rural 
health clinic, Federally qualified health center, group 
practice, a pharmacist, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a 
physician (as defined in subsection (r) of such sec-
tion), 
a 
practitioner 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
1842(b)(18)(CC) 
of 
such 
Act, 
U.S.C. 
1395u(b)(18)(CC)), a health facility operated by or 
pursuant to a contract with the Indian Health Serv-
ice, and any other category of facility or clinician de-
termined appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(4) HEALTH
INFORMATION; 
INDIVIDUALLY 
IDENTIFIABLE HEALTH INFORMATION.—The terms 
‘health information’ and ‘individually identifiable 
health information’ have the meanings given those 
terms in paragraphs (4) and (6), respectively, of sec-
tion 1171 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320d). 
‘‘(5) LABORATORY.—The term ‘laboratory’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 353. 
‘‘(6) PHARMACIST.—The term ‘pharmacist’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 804(a)(2) of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 384(a)(2)). 
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‘‘(7) QUALIFIED HEALTH INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY.—The term ‘qualified health information 
technology’ means a system or components of health 
information technology that meet any applicable core 
interoperability guidelines (endorsed under applica-
ble provisions of law) when in use or that use inter-
face software that allows for interoperability in ac-
cordance with such guidelines. 
‘‘(8) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘rural area’ has 
the meaning given such term for purposes of section 
1886(d)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(2)(D)). 
‘‘(9) RURAL
HEALTH
CARE
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘rural health care provider’ means a health 
care provider that is located in a rural area. 
‘‘(10) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 
SEC. 402. CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLVING LOAN 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title XVI of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300q et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
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