Sec. 502. Health care and long-term care providers
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Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after subpart III ( 42 U.S.C. 254l et seq. ) the following: The Secretary may provide financial assistance to health care or long-term care providers to pay all or part of the costs of hiring and retaining health care or long-term care professionals in addition to the professionals who, but for such assistance, would be hired and retained. Health care and long-term care providers eligible for assistance under subsection
(a)include the following: A health care or long-term care provider serving a health professional shortage area designated under section 332. A Federally qualified health center (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act). A rural health clinic. A health care or long-term care provider that receives payment under title XVIII of the Social Security Act or under a State plan or State child health plan under title XIX or XXI, respectively, of such Act. A public hospital. A public health agency. A nursing home or long-term care facility. An intermediate care or developmentally disabled facility. A critical access hospital. A school-based health center. A university or college mental health facility. An Indian health program or facility operated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization. A correctional facility. Health care and long-term care professionals who may be hired or retained using assistance provided under this section include the following: Dentists. Certified nurse midwives. Psychologists. Licensed clinical social workers. Licensed professional counselors. Marriage and family therapists. Nurse practitioners, including those specializing in psychiatry. Nurses, including advanced practice nurses. Physicians, including osteopathic physicians. Physician assistants, including those specializing in psychiatry. Psychiatric nurse specialists. Registered dental hygienists. Community health workers. Occupational and physical therapists. Optometrists. Certified nursing assistants. Direct care workers. The Secretary shall— not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, solicit applications for financial assistance under this section; require that any such application be submitted— not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section; and in such manner and containing such information as the Secretary may require; and not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, determine which such applications will be approved and provide notice of such determination to the applicants. As a condition on eligibility for financial assistance under this section, an application under paragraph
(1)shall demonstrate to the Secretary’s satisfaction that the applicant has a record of compliance, and is currently in compliance, with Federal, State, and local labor and workplace laws, including Federal, State, and local laws— relevant to hiring and retaining health care or long-term care professionals, such as laws— requiring background checks in connection with hiring; requiring such professionals to be licensed or certified; or limiting the scope of practice; concerning wage and hour, labor relations, family and medical leave, occupational safety and health, or living wage standards; or concerning other terms and conditions of employment such as the availability of sick, vacation, and retirement benefits and the existence of grievance procedures and labor-management committees. To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated, and there are hereby appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2015. .
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