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SECTION 1. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR RURAL HEALTH RESEARCH, EDUCATION,
AND CLINICAL ACTIVITIES.

(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
''Sec. 7330B. Centers of excellence for rural health research,
education, and clinical activities
''(a) Establishment of Centers.--The Secretary, through the
Director of the Office of Rural Health, shall establish and operate not
less than one and not more than five centers of excellence for rural
health research, education, and clinical activities, which shall--
''(1) conduct research on the provision of health services
in rural areas;
''(2) develop specific models to be used by the Department
in furnishing health services to veterans in rural areas;
''(3) provide education and training for health care
professionals of the Department on the furnishing of health
services to veterans in rural areas; and
''(4) develop and implement innovative clinical activities
and systems of care for the Department for the furnishing of
health services to veterans in rural areas.
''(b) Geographic Dispersion.--The Secretary shall ensure that the
centers established under this section are located at health care
facilities that are geographically dispersed throughout the United
States.
''(c) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary may not designate a health
care facility as a location for a center under this section unless--
''(1) the peer review panel established under subsection
(d) determines that the proposal submitted by such facility
meets the highest competitive standards of scientific and
clinical merit; and
''(2) the Secretary determines that such facility has, or
may reasonably be anticipated to develop, the following:
''(A) An arrangement with an accredited medical
school to provide residents with education and training
in health services for veterans in rural areas.
''(B) The ability to attract the participation of
scientists who are capable of ingenuity and creativity
in health care research efforts.
''(C) A policymaking advisory committee, composed
of appropriate health care and research representatives
of the facility and of the affiliated school or
schools, to advise the directors of such facility and
such center on policy matters pertaining to the
activities of such center during the period of the
operation of such center.
''(D) The capability to conduct effectively
evaluations of the activities of such center.
''(d) Panel To Evaluate Proposals.--(1) The Director of the Office
of Rural Health shall establish a panel--
''(A) to evaluate the scientific and clinical merit
of proposals submitted to establish centers under this
section; and
''(B) to provide advice to the Director regarding
the implementation of this section.
''(2) The panel shall review each proposal received from
the Secretary and shall submit its views on the relative
scientific and clinical merit of each such proposal to the
Secretary.
''(3) The panel established under paragraph (1) shall be
comprised of experts in the fields of public health research,
education, and clinical care.
''(4) Members of the panel shall serve as consultants to
the Department for a period not to exceed two years.
''(5) The panel shall not be subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
''(e) Reports.--Not later than April 1 of each year, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress a report on the centers established under this
section. Such report shall include--
''(1) the results of research conducted under subsection
(a)(1);
''(2) an evaluation of models related to furnishing health
services to veterans in rural areas developed under subsection
(a)(2);
''(3) an evaluation of the education and training provided
under subsection (a)(3); and
''(4) an evaluation of clinical activities or systems of
care related to furnishing health services to veterans in rural
areas developed under subsection (a)(4).
''(f) Funding.--(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Medical Care Account and the Medical and Prosthetics Research Account
of the Department of Veterans Affairs such sums as may be necessary for
the support of the research and education activities of the centers
operated under this section.
''(2) There shall be allocated to the centers operated
under this section, from amounts authorized to be appropriated
to the Medical Care Account and the Medical and Prosthetics
Research Account by paragraph (1), such amounts as the Under
Secretary of health considers appropriate for such centers.
Such amounts shall be allocated through the Director of the
Office of Rural Health.
''(3) Activities of clinical and scientific investigation
at each center operated under this section--
''(A) shall be eligible to compete for the award of
funding from funds appropriated for the Medical and
Prosthetics Research Account; and
''(B) shall receive priority in the award of
funding from such account to the extent that funds are
awarded to projects for research in the care of rural
veterans.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 73 of such title is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 7330A the following new item:

''7330B. Centers of excellence for rural health research, education,
and clinical activities.''.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and operate at least one, and up to five, centers of excellence for rural health research, education, and clinical activities. Requires the submission of annual reports on those centers.