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124 STAT. 601 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 (A) REPORT TO ADMINISTRATION.—Not later than 1 year after a State partnership receives a planning grant, the partnership shall submit a report to the Administration on the State’s performance of the activities under the grant, including the use of funds, including matching funds, to carry out required activities, and a description of the progress of the State workforce investment board in meeting the performance benchmarks. (B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Administration shall submit a report to Congress analyzing the planning activi- ties, performance, and fund utilization of each State grant recipient, including an identification of promising practices and a profile of the activities of each State grant recipient. (d) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall— (A) competitively award implementation grants to State partnerships to enable such partnerships to imple- ment activities that will result in a coherent and com- prehensive plan for health workforce development that will address current and projected workforce demands within the State; and (B) inform the Commission and Congress about the awards made. (2) DURATION.—An implementation grant shall be awarded for a period of no more than 2 years, except in those cases where the Administration determines that the grantee is high performing and the activities supported by the grant warrant up to 1 additional year of funding. (3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for an implementation grant, a State partnership shall have— (A) received a planning grant under subsection (c) and completed all requirements of such grant; or (B) completed a satisfactory application, including a plan to coordinate with required partners and complete the required activities during the 2 year period of the implementation grant. (4) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.—A State partner- ship receiving an implementation grant shall appoint a fiscal and an administration agent for the implementation of such grant. (5) APPLICATION.—Each eligible State partnership desiring an implementation grant shall submit an application to the Administration at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Administration may reasonably require. Each application submitted shall include— (A) a description of the members of the State partner- ship; (B) a description of how the State partnership com- pleted the required activities under the planning grant, if applicable; (C) a description of the activities for which implementa- tion grant funds are sought, including grants to regions by the State partnership to advance coherent and com- prehensive regional health care workforce planning activi- ties; (D) a description of how the State partnership will coordinate with required partners and complete the