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those supported through the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), and any other Federal health 
care workforce programs; 
(E) the health care workforce needs of spe-
cial populations, such as minorities, rural popu-
lations, medically underserved populations, gen-
der specific needs, individuals with disabilities, 
and geriatric and pediatric populations with 
recommendations for new and existing Federal 
policies to meet the needs of these special popu-
lations; and 
(F) recommendations creating or revising 
national loan repayment programs and scholar-
ship programs to require low-income, minority 
medical students to serve in their home commu-
nities, if designated as medical underserved 
community. 
(4) HIGH PRIORITY AREAS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The initial high priority 
topics described in this paragraph include each 
of the following: 
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(i) Integrated health care workforce 
planning that identifies health care profes-
sional skills needed and maximizes the skill 
sets of health care professionals across dis-
ciplines. 
(ii) An analysis of the nature, scopes 
of practice, and demands for health care 
workers in the enhanced information tech-
nology and management workplace. 
(iii) An analysis of how to align Medi-
care and Medicaid graduate medical edu-
cation policies with national workforce 
goals. 
(iv) The education and training capac-
ity, projected demands, and integration 
with the health care delivery system of 
each of the following: 
(I) Nursing workforce capacity at 
all levels. 
(II) Oral health care workforce 
capacity at all levels. 
(III) 
Mental 
and 
behavioral 
health care workforce capacity at all 
levels. 
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(IV) Allied health and public 
health care workforce capacity at all 
levels. 
(V) Emergency medical service 
workforce capacity, including the re-
tention and recruitment of the volun-
teer workforce, at all levels. 
(VI) The geographic distribution 
of health care providers as compared 
to the identified health care workforce 
needs of States and regions. 
(B) 
FUTURE
DETERMINATIONS.—The 
Commission may require that additional topics 
be included under subparagraph (A). The ap-
propriate committees of Congress may rec-
ommend to the Commission the inclusion of 
other topics for health care workforce develop-
ment areas that require special attention. 
(5) 
GRANT
PROGRAM.—The 
Commission 
shall— 
(A) review implementation progress reports 
on, and report to Congress about, the State 
Health Care Workforce Development Grant 
program established in section 5102; 
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(B) in collaboration with the Department 
of Labor and in coordination with the Depart-
ment of Education and other relevant Federal 
agencies, make recommendations to the fiscal 
and administrative agent under section 5102(b) 
for grant recipients under section 5102; 
(C) assess the implementation of the 
grants under such section; and 
(D) collect performance and report infor-
mation, including identified models and best 
practices, on grants from the fiscal and admin-
istrative agent under such section and dis-
tribute this information to Congress, relevant 
Federal agencies, and to the public. 
(6) STUDY.—The Commission shall study effec-
tive mechanisms for financing education and train-
ing for careers in health care, including public health 
and allied health. 
(7) 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
Commission 
shall submit recommendations to Congress, the De-
partment of Labor, and the Department of Health 
and Human Services about improving safety, health, 
and worker protections in the workplace for the 
health care workforce. 
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(8) ASSESSMENT.—The Commission shall as-
sess and receive reports from the National Center 
for Health Care Workforce Analysis established 
under section 761(b) of the Public Service Health 
Act (as amended by section 5103). 
(e) CONSULTATION WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND 
LOCAL AGENCIES, CONGRESS, AND OTHER ORGANIZA-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall con-
sult with Federal agencies (including the Depart-
ments of Health and Human Services, Labor, Edu-
cation, Commerce, Agriculture, Defense, and Vet-
erans Affairs and the Environmental Protection 
Agency), Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory 
Commission, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and 
Access Commission, and, to the extent practicable, 
with State and local agencies, Indian tribes, vol-
untary health care organizations, professional soci-
eties, and other relevant public-private health care 
partnerships. 
(2) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commis-
sion, consistent with established privacy rules, may 
secure directly from any department or agency of 
the Executive Branch information necessary to en-
able the Commission to carry out this section. 
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(3) DETAIL
OF
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
EM-
PLOYEES.—An employee of the Federal Government 
may be detailed to the Commission without reim-
bursement. The detail of such an employee shall be 
without interruption or loss of civil service status. 
(f) DIRECTOR AND STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULT-
ANTS.—Subject to such review as the Comptroller General 
of the United States determines to be necessary to ensure 
the efficient administration of the Commission, the Com-
mission may— 
(1) employ and fix the compensation of an exec-
utive director that shall not exceed the rate of basic 
pay payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 
and such other personnel as may be necessary to 
carry out its duties (without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appoint-
ments in the competitive service); 
(2) seek such assistance and support as may be 
required in the performance of its duties from ap-
propriate Federal departments and agencies; 
(3) enter into contracts or make other arrange-
ments, as may be necessary for the conduct of the 
work of the Commission (without regard to section 
3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5)); 
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(4) make advance, progress, and other pay-
ments which relate to the work of the Commission; 
(5) provide transportation and subsistence for 
persons serving without compensation; and 
(6) prescribe such rules and regulations as the 
Commission determines to be necessary with respect 
to the internal organization and operation of the 
Commission. 
(g) POWERS.— 
(1) DATA COLLECTION.—In order to carry out 
its functions under this section, the Commission 
shall— 
(A) utilize existing information, both pub-
lished and unpublished, where possible, collected 
and assessed either by its own staff or under 
other arrangements made in accordance with 
this section, including coordination with the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics; 
(B) carry out, or award grants or con-
tracts for the carrying out of, original research 
and development, where existing information is 
inadequate, and 
(C) adopt procedures allowing interested 
parties to submit information for the Commis-
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sion’s use in making reports and recommenda-
tions. 
(2) ACCESS OF THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT-
ABILITY
OFFICE
TO
INFORMATION.—The Comp-
troller General of the United States shall have unre-
stricted access to all deliberations, records, and data 
of the Commission, immediately upon request. 
(3) PERIODIC
AUDIT.—The Commission shall 
be subject to periodic audit by an independent public 
accountant under contract to the Commission. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) 
REQUEST
FOR
APPROPRIATIONS.—The 
Commission shall submit requests for appropriations 
in the same manner as the Comptroller General of 
the United States submits requests for appropria-
tions. Amounts so appropriated for the Commission 
shall be separate from amounts appropriated for the 
Comptroller General. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out this section. 
(3) GIFTS
AND
SERVICES.—The Commission 
may not accept gifts, bequeaths, or donations of 
property, but may accept and use donations of serv-
ices for purposes of carrying out this section. 
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(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HEALTH
CARE
WORKFORCE.—The term 
‘‘health care workforce’’ includes all health care pro-
viders with direct patient care and support respon-
sibilities, such as physicians, nurses, nurse practi-
tioners, primary care providers, preventive medicine 
physicians, optometrists, ophthalmologists, physician 
assistants, pharmacists, dentists, dental hygienists, 
and other oral healthcare professionals, allied health 
professionals, doctors of chiropractic, community 
health workers, health care paraprofessionals, direct 
care workers, psychologists and other behavioral and 
mental health professionals (including substance 
abuse prevention and treatment providers), social 
workers, physical and occupational therapists, cer-
tified nurse midwives, podiatrists, the EMS work-
force (including professional and volunteer ambu-
lance personnel and firefighters who perform emer-
gency medical services), licensed complementary and 
alternative medicine providers, integrative health 
practitioners, public health professionals, and any 
other health professional that the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States determines appropriate. 
(2) 
HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS.—The 
term 
‘‘health professionals’’ includes— 
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(A) dentists, dental hygienists, primary 
care providers, specialty physicians, nurses, 
nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psy-
chologists and other behavioral and mental 
health professionals (including substance abuse 
prevention and treatment providers), social 
workers, physical and occupational therapists, 
public health professionals, clinical pharmacists, 
allied health professionals, doctors of chiro-
practic, community health workers, school 
nurses, certified nurse midwives, podiatrists, li-
censed complementary and alternative medicine 
providers, the EMS workforce (including profes-
sional and volunteer ambulance personnel and 
firefighters who perform emergency medical 
services), and integrative health practitioners; 
(B) national representatives of health pro-
fessionals; 
(C) representatives of schools of medicine, 
osteopathy, nursing, dentistry, optometry, phar-
macy, chiropractic, allied health, educational 
programs for public health professionals, behav-
ioral and mental health professionals (as so de-
fined), social workers, pharmacists, physical 
and occupational therapists, oral health care in-
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dustry dentistry and dental hygiene, and physi-
cian assistants; 
(D) representatives of public and private 
teaching hospitals, and ambulatory health facili-
ties, including Federal medical facilities; and 
(E) any other health professional the 
Comptroller General of the United States deter-
mines appropriate. 
SEC. 5102. STATE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE DEVELOP-
MENT GRANTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com-
petitive health care workforce development grant program 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘program’’) for the pur-
pose of enabling State partnerships to complete com-
prehensive planning and to carry out activities leading to 
coherent and comprehensive health care workforce devel-
opment strategies at the State and local levels. 
(b) FISCAL
AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.—The 
Health Resources and Services Administration of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Administration’’) shall be the fiscal 
and administrative agent for the grants awarded under 
this section. The Administration is authorized to carry out 
the program, in consultation with the National Health 
Care Workforce Commission (referred to in this section 
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as the ‘‘Commission’’), which shall review reports on the 
development, implementation, and evaluation activities of 
the grant program, including— 
(1) administering the grants; 
(2) providing technical assistance to grantees; 
and 
(3) reporting performance information to the 
Commission. 
(c) PLANNING GRANTS.— 
(1) AMOUNT
AND
DURATION.—A planning 
grant shall be awarded under this subsection for a 
period of not more than one year and the maximum 
award may not be more than $150,000. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 
planning grant, an entity shall be an eligible part-
nership. An eligible partnership shall be a State 
workforce investment board, if it includes or modi-
fies the members to include at least one representa-
tive from each of the following: health care em-
ployer, labor organization, a public 2-year institution 
of higher education, a public 4-year institution of 
higher education, the recognized State federation of 
labor, the State public secondary education agency, 
the State P–16 or P–20 Council if such a council ex-
ists, and a philanthropic organization that is actively 
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engaged in providing learning, mentoring, and work 
opportunities to recruit, educate, and train individ-
uals for, and retain individuals in, careers in health 
care and related industries. 
(3) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.—The 
Governor of the State receiving a planning grant has 
the authority to appoint a fiscal and an administra-
tive agency for the partnership. 
(4) APPLICATION.—Each State partnership de-
siring a planning grant shall submit an application 
to the Administrator of the Administration at such 
time and in such manner, and accompanied by such 
information as the Administrator may reasonable re-
quire. Each application submitted for a planning 
grant shall describe the members of the State part-
nership, the activities for which assistance is sought, 
the proposed performance benchmarks to be used to 
measure progress under the planning grant, a budg-
et for use of the funds to complete the required ac-
tivities described in paragraph (5), and such addi-
tional assurance and information as the Adminis-
trator determines to be essential to ensure compli-
ance with the grant program requirements. 
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(5) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A State partner-
ship receiving a planning grant shall carry out the 
following: 
(A) Analyze State labor market informa-
tion in order to create health care career path-
ways for students and adults, including dis-
located workers. 
(B) Identify current and projected high de-
mand State or regional health care sectors for 
purposes of planning career pathways. 
(C) Identify existing Federal, State, and 
private resources to recruit, educate or train, 
and retain a skilled health care workforce and 
strengthen partnerships. 
(D) Describe the academic and health care 
industry skill standards for high school gradua-
tion, for entry into postsecondary education, 
and for various credentials and licensure. 
(E) Describe State secondary and postsec-
ondary education and training policies, models, 
or practices for the health care sector, including 
career information and guidance counseling. 
(F) Identify Federal or State policies or 
rules to developing a coherent and comprehen-
sive health care workforce development strategy 
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and barriers and a plan to resolve these bar-
riers. 
(G) Participate in the Administration’s 
evaluation and reporting activities. 
(6) PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION.—Before 
the State partnership receives a planning grant, 
such partnership and the Administrator of the Ad-
ministration shall jointly determine the performance 
benchmarks that will be established for the purposes 
of the planning grant. 
(7) MATCH.—Each State partnership receiving 
a planning grant shall provide an amount, in cash 
or in kind, that is not less that 15 percent of the 
amount of the grant, to carry out the activities sup-
ported by the grant. The matching requirement may 
be provided from funds available under other Fed-
eral, State, local or private sources to carry out the 
activities. 
(8) REPORT.— 
(A) REPORT
TO
ADMINISTRATION.—Not 
later than 1 year after a State partnership re-
ceives a planning grant, the partnership shall 
submit a report to the Administration on the 
State’s performance of the activities under the 
grant, including the use of funds, including 
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matching funds, to carry out required activities, 
and a description of the progress of the State 
workforce investment board in meeting the per-
formance benchmarks. 
(B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Admin-
istration shall submit a report to Congress ana-
lyzing the planning activities, performance, and 
fund utilization of each State grant recipient, 
including an identification of promising prac-
tices and a profile of the activities of each State 
grant recipient. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall— 
(A) competitively award implementation 
grants to State partnerships to enable such 
partnerships to implement activities that will 
result in a coherent and comprehensive plan for 
health workforce development that will address 
current and projected workforce demands with-
in the State; and 
(B) inform the Commission and Congress 
about the awards made. 
(2) DURATION.—An implementation grant shall 
be awarded for a period of no more than 2 years, 
except in those cases where the Administration de-
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termines that the grantee is high performing and the 
activities supported by the grant warrant up to 1 ad-
ditional year of funding. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for an imple-
mentation grant, a State partnership shall have— 
(A) received a planning grant under sub-
section (c) and completed all requirements of 
such grant; or 
(B) completed a satisfactory application, 
including a plan to coordinate with required 
partners and complete the required activities 
during the 2 year period of the implementation 
grant. 
(4) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.—A 
State partnership receiving an implementation grant 
shall appoint a fiscal and an administration agent 
for the implementation of such grant. 
(5) APPLICATION.—Each eligible State partner-
ship desiring an implementation grant shall submit 
an application to the Administration at such time, in 
such manner, and accompanied by such information 
as the Administration may reasonably require. Each 
application submitted shall include— 
(A) a description of the members of the 
State partnership; 
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(B) a description of how the State partner-
ship completed the required activities under the 
planning grant, if applicable; 
(C) a description of the activities for which 
implementation grant funds are sought, includ-
ing grants to regions by the State partnership 
to advance coherent and comprehensive regional 
health care workforce planning activities; 
(D) a description of how the State partner-
ship will coordinate with required partners and 
complete the required partnership activities 
during the duration of an implementation 
grant; 
(E) a budget proposal of the cost of the 
activities supported by the implementation 
grant and a timeline for the provision of match-
ing funds required; 
(F) proposed performance benchmarks to 
be used to assess and evaluate the progress of 
the partnership activities; 
(G) a description of how the State partner-
ship will collect data to report progress in grant 
activities; and 
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(H) such additional assurances as the Ad-
ministration determines to be essential to en-
sure compliance with grant requirements. 
(6) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State partnership 
that receives an implementation grant may re-
serve not less than 60 percent of the grant 
funds to make grants to be competitively 
awarded by the State partnership, consistent 
with State procurement rules, to encourage re-
gional partnerships to address health care 
workforce development needs and to promote 
innovative health care workforce career pathway 
activities, including career counseling, learning, 
and employment. 
(B) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP DUTIES.—An 
eligible State partnership receiving an imple-
mentation grant shall— 
(i) identify and convene regional lead-
ership to discuss opportunities to engage in 
statewide health care workforce develop-
ment planning, including the potential use 
of competitive grants to improve the devel-
opment, distribution, and diversity of the 
regional health care workforce; the align-
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ment of curricula for health care careers; 
and the access to quality career informa-
tion and guidance and education and train-
ing opportunities; 
(ii) in consultation with key stake-
holders and regional leaders, take appro-
priate steps to reduce Federal, State, or 
local barriers to a comprehensive and co-
herent strategy, including changes in State 
or local policies to foster coherent and 
comprehensive health care workforce devel-
opment activities, including health care ca-
reer pathways at the regional and State 
levels, career planning information, re-
training for dislocated workers, and as ap-
propriate, requests for Federal program or 
administrative waivers; 
(iii) develop, disseminate, and review 
with key stakeholders a preliminary state-
wide strategy that addresses short- and 
long-term health care workforce develop-
ment supply versus demand; 
(iv) convene State partnership mem-
bers on a regular basis, and at least on a 
semiannual basis; 
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(v) assist leaders at the regional level 
to form partnerships, including technical 
assistance and capacity building activities; 
(vi) collect and assess data on and re-
port on the performance benchmarks se-
lected by the State partnership and the 
Administration for implementation activi-
ties carried out by regional and State part-
nerships; and 
(vii) participate in the Administra-
tion’s evaluation and reporting activities. 
(7) PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION.—Before 
the State partnership receives an implementation 
grant, it and the Administrator shall jointly deter-
mine the performance benchmarks that shall be es-
tablished for the purposes of the implementation 
grant. 
(8) MATCH.—Each State partnership receiving 
an implementation grant shall provide an amount, in 
cash or in kind that is not less than 25 percent of 
the amount of the grant, to carry out the activities 
supported by the grant. The matching funds may be 
provided from funds available from other Federal, 
State, local, or private sources to carry out such ac-
tivities. 
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(9) REPORTS.— 
(A) REPORT
TO
ADMINISTRATION.—For 
each year of the implementation grant, the 
State partnership receiving the implementation 
grant shall submit a report to the Administra-
tion on the performance of the State of the 
grant activities, including a description of the 
use of the funds, including matched funds, to 
complete activities, and a description of the per-
formance of the State partnership in meeting 
the performance benchmarks. 
(B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Admin-
istration shall submit a report to Congress ana-
lyzing implementation activities, performance, 
and fund utilization of the State grantees, in-
cluding an identification of promising practices 
and a profile of the activities of each State 
grantee. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) PLANNING GRANTS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to award planning grants under 
subsection (c) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent 
fiscal year. 
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(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to award implementation 
grants under subsection (d), $150,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for 
each subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 5103. HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 761 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294m) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e); 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE WORK-
FORCE ANALYSIS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish the National Center for Health Workforce 
Analysis (referred to in this section as the ‘National 
Center’). 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The National Center, in co-
ordination to the extent practicable with the Na-
tional Health Care Workforce Commission (estab-
lished in section 5101 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act), and relevant regional and 
State centers and agencies, shall— 
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‘‘(A) provide for the development of infor-
mation describing and analyzing the health care 
workforce and workforce related issues; 
‘‘(B) carry out the activities under section 
792(a); 
‘‘(C) annually evaluate programs under 
this title; 
‘‘(D) develop and publish performance 
measures and benchmarks for programs under 
this title; and 
‘‘(E) establish, maintain, and publicize a 
national Internet registry of each grant award-
ed under this title and a database to collect 
data from longitudinal evaluations (as described 
in subsection (d)(2)) on performance measures 
(as 
developed 
under 
sections 
749(d)(3), 
757(d)(3), and 762(a)(3)). 
‘‘(3) COLLABORATION AND DATA SHARING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The National Center 
shall collaborate with Federal agencies and rel-
evant professional and educational organiza-
tions or societies for the purpose of linking data 
regarding grants awarded under this title. 
‘‘(B) CONTRACTS
FOR
HEALTH
WORK-
FORCE ANALYSIS.—For the purpose of carrying 
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out the activities described in subparagraph 
(A), the National Center may enter into con-
tracts with relevant professional and edu-
cational organizations or societies. 
‘‘(c) STATE AND REGIONAL CENTERS FOR HEALTH 
WORKFORCE ANALYSIS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible enti-
ties for purposes of— 
‘‘(A) collecting, analyzing, and reporting 
data regarding programs under this title to the 
National Center and to the public; and 
‘‘(B) providing technical assistance to local 
and regional entities on the collection, analysis, 
and reporting of data. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible for a 
grant or contract under this subsection, an entity 
shall— 
‘‘(A) be a State, a State workforce invest-
ment board, a public health or health profes-
sions school, an academic health center, or an 
appropriate public or private nonprofit entity; 
and 
‘‘(B) submit to the Secretary an applica-
tion at such time, in such manner, and con-
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taining such information as the Secretary may 
require. 
‘‘(d) INCREASE
IN GRANTS
FOR LONGITUDINAL 
EVALUATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall in-
crease the amount awarded to an eligible entity 
under this title for a longitudinal evaluation of indi-
viduals who have received education, training, or fi-
nancial assistance from programs under this title. 
‘‘(2) CAPABILITY.—A longitudinal evaluation 
shall be capable of— 
‘‘(A) studying practice patterns; and 
‘‘(B) collecting and reporting data on per-
formance measures developed under sections 
749(d)(3), 757(d)(3), and 762(a)(3). 
‘‘(3) GUIDELINES.—A longitudinal evaluation 
shall comply with guidelines issued under sections 
749(d)(4), 757(d)(4), and 762(a)(4). 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to ob-
tain an increase under this section, an entity shall 
be a recipient of a grant or contract under this 
title.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) NATIONAL
CENTER.—To carry out 
subsection (b), there are authorized to be ap-
propriated $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2014. 
‘‘(B) STATE AND REGIONAL CENTERS.— 
To carry out subsection (c), there are author-
ized to be appropriated $4,500,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 
‘‘(C) GRANTS FOR LONGITUDINAL EVALUA-
TIONS.—To carry out subsection (d), there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal years 2010 through 
2014.’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 
(b) TRANSFERS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the responsibilities and re-
sources of the National Center for Health Workforce Anal-
ysis, as in effect on the date before the date of enactment 
of this Act, shall be transferred to the National Center 
for Health Care Workforce Analysis established under sec-
tion 761 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended 
by subsection (a). 
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(c) USE OF LONGITUDINAL EVALUATIONS.—Section 
791(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
295j(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) utilizes a longitudinal evaluation (as 
described in section 761(d)(2)) and reports data 
from such system to the national workforce 
database 
(as 
established 
under 
section 
761(b)(2)(E)).’’. 
(d) PERFORMANCE MEASURES; GUIDELINES
FOR 
LONGITUDINAL EVALUATIONS.— 
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAINING IN PRI-
MARY
CARE
MEDICINE
AND
DENTISTRY.—Section 
748(d) of the Public Health Service Act is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(3) develop, publish, and implement perform-
ance measures for programs under this part; 
‘‘(4) develop and publish guidelines for longitu-
dinal evaluations (as described in section 761(d)(2)) 
for programs under this part; and 
‘‘(5) recommend appropriation levels for pro-
grams under this part.’’. 
(2) ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INTERDISCIPLI-
NARY, 
COMMUNITY-BASED
LINKAGES.—Section 
756(d) of the Public Health Service Act is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) develop, publish, and implement perform-
ance measures for programs under this part; 
‘‘(4) develop and publish guidelines for longitu-
dinal evaluations (as described in section 761(d)(2)) 
for programs under this part; and 
‘‘(5) recommend appropriation levels for pro-
grams under this part.’’. 
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(3) ADVISORY COUNCIL ON GRADUATE MEDICAL 
EDUCATION.—Section 762(a) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294o(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) develop, publish, and implement perform-
ance measures for programs under this title, except 
for programs under part C or D; 
‘‘(4) develop and publish guidelines for longitu-
dinal evaluations (as described in section 761(d)(2)) 
for programs under this title, except for programs 
under part C or D; and 
‘‘(5) recommend appropriation levels for pro-
grams under this title, except for programs under 
part C or D.’’. 
Subtitle C—Increasing the Supply 
of the Health Care Workforce 
SEC. 5201. FEDERALLY SUPPORTED STUDENT LOAN FUNDS. 
(a) MEDICAL
SCHOOLS
AND
PRIMARY
HEALTH 
CARE.—Section 723 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 292s) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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