Sec. 10502. INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CARE

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## SEC. 10502 INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CARE ###

(a)Appropriation There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2011, to be used for debt service on, or direct construction or renovation of, a health care facility that provides research, inpatient tertiary care, or outpatient clinical services. Such facility shall be affiliated with an academic health center at a public research university in the United States that contains a State's sole public academic medical and dental school. ###

(b)Requirement Amount appropriated under subsection

(a)may only be made available by the Secretary of Health and Human Services upon the receipt of an application from the Governor of a State that certifies that— ####

(1)the new health care facility is critical for the provision of greater access to health care within the State; ####

(2)such facility is essential for the continued financial viability of the State's sole public medical and dental school and its academic health center; ####

(3)the request for Federal support represents not more than 40 percent of the total cost of the proposed new facility; and ####

(4)the State has established a dedicated funding mechanism to provide all remaining funds necessary to complete the construction or renovation of the proposed facility.