areas, and the National Health Service Corps 
as well as other Federal safety net programs. 
‘‘(B) Update the recommendations under sub-
paragraph (A) at least every 5 years. 
‘‘(5) Define successful performance outcome 
measures within programs under this title. 
‘‘(6) Define processes by which funding recipi-
ents will collaborate with regional workforce analysis 
centers under section 761(c) to collect and share 
data with other such centers for further analysis. 
‘‘(7) Other duties as deemed appropriate by the 
Secretary in consultation with the Committee. 
‘‘(d) WORKING GROUPS AND SUBCOMMITTEES.—The 
Advisory Committee may establish working groups or 
other subcommittees to carry out functions determined to 
be appropriate by the Advisory Committee and the Chair-
man and meet separately for these purposes. 
‘‘(e) MEETINGS.—The full Advisory Committee shall 
meet at least 3 times annually. 
‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—The Advisory Committee shall 
not be terminated prior to the later of— 
‘‘(1) the date that is 5 years after the date of 
enactment of this section; or 
‘‘(2) the date on which funding is not made 
available for the Advisory Committee. 
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‘‘(g) FACA.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Advisory Committee 
under this section only to the extent that the provisions 
of such Act do not conflict with the requirements of this 
section.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE GENERAL PROVI-
SIONS.—Section 765 (42 U.S.C. 295) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘or den-
tal public health’’ and inserting ‘‘dental public 
health, or behavioral and mental health’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (5)(A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘internship and’’ after 
‘‘new’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘internship and’’ 
after ‘‘existing’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘and dental public 
health, that’’ and inserting ‘‘, dental public 
health, and behavioral and mental health, 
that’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘and dental public 
health; and’’ and inserting ‘‘, dental public 
health, and behavioral and mental health; 
and’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting ‘‘in-
ternship and’’ after ‘‘assistance to’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘behav-
ioral and mental health,’’ after ‘‘public health 
dentistry,’’ 
SEC. 13. FUNDING FOR DENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND PRE-
VENTIVE MEDICINE. 
Section 768 (42 U.S.C. 295c) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated— 
‘‘(1) for dental public health programs carried 
out under this section— 
‘‘(A) $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2009 through 2013; and 
‘‘(B) such sums as may be necessary for 
each fiscal year thereafter; and 
‘‘(2) for public health (other than dental public 
health) and preventive medicine programs carried 
out under this section— 
‘‘(A) $16,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2009 through 2013; and 
‘‘(B) such sums as may be necessary for 
each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
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SEC. 14. ACADEMIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
Subpart 2 of part E (42 U.S.C. 295 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 771. ACADEMIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In order to improve the 
training of public health students, the Secretary, 
acting in conjunction with the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention and in con-
sultation with the Association of Schools of Public 
Health, shall carry out the Academic Health Depart-
ments grant program (referred to in this section as 
the ‘Program’) under which the Secretary shall 
award competitive grants, of not more than 
$250,000 each, to eligible partnerships to establish 
Academic Health Departments. 
‘‘(2) ACADEMIC
HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘Academic Health 
Department’ means a program administered by an 
eligible partnership that provides for collaboration 
between the academic and practice aspects of public 
health. The purpose of such a department is to in-
crease the number of graduates in public health who 
work in State and local health departments, increase 
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the relevance of the curriculum in schools and pro-
grams of public health to health department prac-
tice, and to increase the use of academic theories, 
knowledge, and methodologies in the work of health 
departments. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this section, an 
eligible partnership is a partnership, with respect to estab-
lishing an Academic Health Department, consisting of— 
‘‘(1) a State or local public health department; 
and 
‘‘(2) an accredited school of public health or an 
accredited public health degree program. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible partnership de-
scribed in subsection (b) may use funds provided under 
a grant made under subsection (a) for the following pur-
poses, with respect to an Academic Health Department: 
‘‘(1) To conduct training needs assessment sur-
veys. 
‘‘(2) To provide for curriculum development. 
‘‘(3) To provide for training and academic in-
struction. 
‘‘(4) To conduct leadership seminars. 
‘‘(5) To facilitate appropriate staff of the State 
or local health department participating in the eligi-
ble partnership to teach with the school of public 
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health or public health degree program participating 
in such partnership. 
‘‘(6) To facilitate faculty and students of the 
school of public health or public health degree pro-
gram participating in the eligible partnership to 
work in the health department participating in such 
partnership. 
‘‘(7) To provide for a project coordinator. 
‘‘(8) To provide for subgrants to organizations 
to conduct activities consistent with the goals of the 
Program. 
‘‘(9) Other appropriate activities specified by 
the Secretary to recruit public health students to full 
time employment in a health department after grad-
uation. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT RECIPIENT REPORTS TO THE SEC-
RETARY.—Each recipient of a grant awarded under 
subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary a report 
for each year for which the recipient received such 
a grant on the results and outcomes of the activities 
funded by such grant during such year. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—For the 3-year 
period beginning on the date of the establishment of 
the Program, and for each subsequent 3-year period 
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