Sec. 201. Rural residency planning and development program
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Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 330A–2 the following: In this section, the term rural residency program means a physician residency program, including a rural track program, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (or a similar body) that— trains residents in rural areas (as defined by the Secretary) for more than 50 percent of the total time of their residency; and primarily focuses on producing physicians who will practice in rural areas, as defined by the Secretary.
In this subsection, the term eligible entity — means— a domestic public or private nonprofit or for-profit entity; an Indian Tribe, Tribal health program, Tribal organization, or Urban Indian organization (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act); or a Native Hawaiian Health organization as defined in section 12 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement; and may include faith-based or community-based organizations, rural hospitals, rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers (including rural health clinics), health centers operated by a Native Hawaiian Health organization (defined as described in subparagraph (A)(iii)), an Indian Tribe, a Tribal health program, a Tribal organization, or an Urban Indian organization (defined as described in subparagraph (A)(ii)), graduate medical education consortiums (including institutions of higher education, such as schools of allopathic medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, or historically Black colleges or universities (as defined by the term part B institution in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 or described in section 326(e)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965) or other minority-serving institutions (as described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965), or other organizations as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
The Secretary may award grants to eligible entities to create new rural residency programs (including adding new rural training sites to existing rural track programs). Grants awarded under this subsection may be fully funded at the time of the award. The term of a grant under this subsection shall be 4 years and may be extended at the discretion of the Secretary. To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a description of the pathway of the rural residency program as described in subparagraph (B).
A pathway of a rural residency program supported under this subsection shall be for— general primary care and high-need specialty care, including family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine, psychiatry, or general surgery; maternal health and obstetrics, which may be obstetrics and gynecology or family medicine with enhanced obstetrical training; or any other pathway as determined appropriate by the Secretary. In this subsection, the term eligible entity means— a domestic public or private nonprofit or for-profit entity; or an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act).
The Secretary may award grants to eligible entities to provide technical assistance to awardees of and potential applicants of the program described in subsection (b). Grants awarded under this subsection may be fully funded at the time of the award. The term of a grant under this subsection shall be 4 years and may be extended at the discretion of the Secretary. To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, $13,500,00 for fiscal year 2025, and $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended. .
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