12 2 STA T .39 9 4PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 3 5 5 —O CT. 8, 2008 Secr e ta r ysh a l l fo c u so n esta b l i shin g relationshi p s w ith hos - pitals , with aca d e m ic medical centers and health professions schools, with area health education centers under section 751 , with health education and training centers under section 75 2 , and with border health education and training centers under such section 752 . Such assistance shall include assistance in obtaining faculty appointments at health professions schools. ‘ ‘ (3) S UP P LEM E NT N O T S UPPL A NT. — Such efforts under this subsection shall supplement, not supplant, non-go v ernment efforts by professional health provider societies to establish and maintain professional relationships and development opportunities. ’ ’. (e) E L IG I B ILIT Y O F T H E D IST R I C TOF C OLUMBIA AN DT ERRITORIES FOR THE STATE L OAN R EPAYMENT P ROGRAM.— (1) I N GENERAL.—Section 33 8 I(h) of the Public H ealth Service A ct( 4 2 U .S.C. 254 q– 1(h)) is amended by stri k ing ‘‘sev- eral States’’ and inserting ‘‘5 0 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States V irgin Islands, G uam, American Samoa, Palau, the M arshall Islands, and the Commonwealth of the N orthern Mariana Islands’’. (2) AUTHORI Z ATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 338I(i)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 254q–1(i)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and all that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘2008, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 200 9 through 2012.’’. SEC.4 . R E AUTHO R IZ ATIO N O F RURA L HEALTH CARE P RO G RA M S. Section 330A( j ) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘ $ 40,000,000’’ and all that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘$45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’. SEC. 5 . REAUTHORIZATION OF PRIMAR YD ENTAL HEALTH W OR K FORCE PROGRAMS. Section 340G(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 25 6 g(f)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’
and (2) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. SEC. 6 . EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATION OF PRIMARY CARE PRO V IDERS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title X XVIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following
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‘SEC. 281 5. EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATION OF PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS. ‘‘The Secretary, acting through Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, and in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, shall ‘‘(1) provide guidance and technical assistance to health centers funded under section 330 and to State and local health departments and emergency managers to integrate health cen- ters into State and local emergency response plans and to better meet the primary care needs of populations served by health centers during public health emergencies; and 42USC30 0 h h –17.
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