Sec. 404. Integrative medicine training program
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Title VII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 768 ( 42 U.S.C. 295c ) the following: the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall award a single grant to an eligible entity that shall serve as the National Coordinating Center for Training in Integrative Medicine. To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), an entity shall— be— an accredited school of medicine or osteopathic medicine; an accredited public or private nonprofit hospital; a State, local, or tribal health department; or a consortium of 2 or more of the entities described in clause
(i)or (ii); submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require; and demonstrate a capacity to perform the duties described in paragraph (3). An entity that receives a grant under paragraph
(2)shall— plan, develop, or design an integrative medicine curriculum that can be incorporated into an accredited residency training program in specialties, including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology, physical medicine and rehabilitation and psychiatry; provide technical assistance to the network of grantees under subsection (b); develop, administer, and coordinate the network of grantees under such subsection; conduct an evaluation and oversee data collection of integrative medicine training programs; and develop, distribute, and provide educational and faculty development materials and programs to train medical professionals in integrative medicine. The Secretary shall award grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible entities to develop graduate medical education training programs in integrative medicine. To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under paragraph
(1)an entity shall— operate an accredited medical residency program; and submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Amounts received under a grant or contract under this subsection shall be used to incorporate curriculum in integrative medicine into residency programs to enhance teaching in prevention and wellness and to work collaboratively with other grantees and the national coordinating center to evaluate outcomes and best practices in teaching Integrative Medicine. In this section, the term integrative medicine means the integration of alternative treatment, diagnostic and prevention systems, modalities, and disciplines with the practice of conventional medicine as a complement to such medicine and into health care delivery systems in the United States. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. .
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