Sec. 3. Education and training relating to geriatrics
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Section 753 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 294c ) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary shall award grants or contracts under this subsection to entities described in paragraph (1), (3), or
(4)of section 799B, section 801(2), or section 865(d), or other health professions schools or programs approved by the Secretary, for the establishment or operation of geriatrics workforce enhancement programs that meet the requirements of paragraph (2). A geriatrics workforce enhancement program meets the requirements of this paragraph if such program supports the development of a health care workforce that maximizes patient and family engagement and improves health outcomes for older adults by integrating geriatrics with primary care and other appropriate specialties. Special emphasis should be placed on providing the primary care workforce with the knowledge and skills to care for older adults and collaborating with community partners to address gaps in health care for older adults through individual, system, community, and population level changes. Areas of programmatic focus may include the following: Transforming clinical training environments to integrated geriatrics and primary care delivery systems to ensure trainees are well prepared to practice in and lead in such systems. Developing providers from multiple disciplines and specialties to work interprofessionally to assess and address the needs and preferences of older adults and their families and caregivers at the individual, community, and population levels with cultural and linguistic competency. Creating and delivering community-based programs that will provide older adults and their families and caregivers with the knowledge and skills to improve health outcomes and the quality of care for such adults. Providing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
(ADRD)education to the families and caregivers of older adults, direct care workers, health professions students, faculty, and providers. The Secretary shall award grants and contracts under paragraph
(1)for a period not to exceed five years. To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under paragraph (1), an entity described in such paragraph shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including the specific measures the applicant will use to demonstrate that the project is improving the quality of care provided to older adults in the applicant’s region, which may include— improvements in access to care provided by a health professional with training in geriatrics or gerontology; improvements in family caregiver capacity to care for older adults; patient outcome data demonstrating an improvement in older adult health status or care quality; and reports on how the applicant will implement specific innovations with the target audience to improve older adults’ health status or the quality of care. The Secretary may award grants and contracts under paragraph
(1)in a manner which will equitably distribute such grants among the various regions of the United States. In awarding grants and contracts under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall consider programs that— have the goal of improving and providing comprehensive coordinated care of older adults, including medical, dental, and psychosocial needs; demonstrate coordination with other programmatic efforts funded under this program or other public or private entities; support the training and retraining of faculty, preceptors, primary care providers, and providers in other specialties to increase their knowledge of geriatrics and gerontology; provide clinical experiences across care settings, including ambulatory care, hospitals, post-acute care, nursing homes, federally qualified health centers, and home and community-based services; emphasize education and engagement of family caregivers on disease self-management, medication management, and stress reduction strategies; provide training to the health care workforce on disease self-management, motivational interviewing, medication management, and stress reduction strategies; provide training to the health care workforce on social determinants of health in order to better address the geriatric health care needs of diverse populations with cultural and linguistic competency; integrate geriatrics competencies and interprofessional collaborative practice into health care education and training curricula for residents, fellows, and students; substantially benefit rural or underserved populations of older adults or conduct outreach to communities that have a shortage of geriatric workforce professionals; integrate behavioral health competencies into primary care practice, especially with respect to elder abuse, pain management, and advance care planning; or offer short-term intensive courses that— focus on geriatrics, gerontology, chronic care management, and long-term care that provide supplemental training for faculty members in medical schools and other health professions schools or graduate programs in psychology, pharmacy, nursing, social work, dentistry, public health, allied health, or other health disciplines, as approved by the Secretary; and are open to current faculty, and appropriately credentialed volunteer faculty and practitioners, to upgrade their knowledge and clinical skills for the care of older adults and adults with functional and cognitive limitations and to enhance their interdisciplinary teaching skills. In awarding grants under paragraph (1), particularly with respect to awarding, in fiscal year 2020, any amount appropriated for such fiscal year for purposes of carrying out this subsection that is in excess of the amount appropriated for the most previous fiscal year for which appropriations were made for such purposes, the Secretary may give priority to entities that operate— in communities that have a shortage of geriatric workforce professionals; and in States in which no entity has previously received an award under such paragraph (including as in effect before the date of enactment of the Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness for Health Act of 2019 ). Awards under paragraph
(1)shall be in an amount determined by the Secretary. Entities that submit applications under this subsection that describe a plan for providing geriatric education and training for home health workers and family caregivers are eligible to receive $100,000 per year more than entities that do not include a description of such a plan. Each entity awarded a grant under paragraph
(1)shall submit an annual report to the Secretary on financial and programmatic performance under such grant, which may include factors such as the number of trainees, the number of professions and disciplines, the number of partnerships with health care delivery sites, the number of faculty and practicing professionals who participated in continuing education programs, and such other factors as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall establish a program to award grants, to be known as Geriatric Academic Career Awards, to eligible entities applying on behalf of eligible individuals to promote the career development of such individuals as academic geriatricians or other academic geriatrics health professionals. For purposes of this subsection, the term eligible entity means— an accredited school of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, or allied health; or another type of accredited health professions school or graduate program deemed by the Secretary to be eligible under this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, the term eligible individual means an individual who— has a junior, nontenured, faculty appointment at an accredited school of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, or allied health or at another type of accredited health professions school or graduate program described in subparagraph (A)(ii); is board certified or board eligible in internal medicine, family practice, psychiatry, or licensed dentistry, or has completed the training required for the individual’s discipline; and is employed at an eligible entity; or has completed an approved fellowship program in geriatrics or gerontology, or has completed specialty training in geriatrics or gerontology as required for the individual’s discipline and any additional geriatrics or gerontology training as required by the Secretary. If during the period of an award under this subsection respecting an eligible individual, the individual is promoted to associate professor and thereby no longer meets the criteria of clause (i)(I), the individual may continue to be treated as an eligible individual through the term of the award. An eligible entity may not receive an award under paragraph
(1)on behalf of an eligible individual unless the eligible entity— submits to the Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, and the Secretary approves such application; provides, in such form and manner as the Secretary may require, assurances that the eligible individual on whose behalf an application was submitted under subparagraph
(A)will meet the service requirement described in paragraph (8); and provides, in such form and manner as the Secretary may require, assurances that such individual has a full-time faculty appointment in an accredited health professions school or graduate program and documented commitment from such school or program to spend 75 percent of the individual’s time that is supported by the award on teaching and developing skills in interprofessional education in geriatrics. In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary— shall give priority to eligible entities that apply on behalf of eligible individuals who are on the faculty of institutions that integrate geriatrics education, training, and best practices into academic program criteria; may give priority to eligible entities that operate a geriatrics workforce enhancement program under subsection (a); shall ensure that grants are equitably distributed across the various geographical regions of the United States, including rural and underserved areas; shall pay particular attention to geriatrics health care workforce needs among underserved populations, diverse communities, and rural areas; may not require an eligible individual, or an eligible entity applying on behalf of an eligible individual, to be a recipient of a grant or contract under this part; and shall pay the full amount of the award to the eligible entity. An eligible entity receiving an award under paragraph
(1)on behalf of an eligible individual shall provide assurances to the Secretary that funds provided to such individual under this subsection will be used only to supplement, not to supplant, the amount of Federal, State, and local funds otherwise expended by such individual. The amount of an award under this subsection for eligible individuals who are physicians shall equal $100,000 for fiscal year 2020, adjusted for subsequent fiscal years to reflect the increase in the Consumer Price Index. The Secretary shall determine the amount of an award under this subsection for individuals who are not physicians. The term of any award made under this subsection shall not exceed 5 years. An eligible individual on whose behalf an application was submitted and approved under paragraph (3)(A) shall provide training in clinical geriatrics or gerontology, including the training of interprofessional teams of health care professionals. To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $51,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no funds shall be made available to carry out subsection
(b)for a fiscal year unless the amount made available to carry out this section for such fiscal year is more than the amount made available to carry out this section for fiscal year 2017. .
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