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124 STAT. 673 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(B) The number of approved training positions for residents described in paragraph (4). ‘‘(C) The number of residents described in paragraph (4) who completed their residency training at the end of such residency academic year and care for vulnerable popu- lations living in underserved areas. ‘‘(D) Other information as deemed appropriate by the Secretary. ‘‘(2) AUDIT AUTHORITY; LIMITATION ON PAYMENT.— ‘‘(A) AUDIT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may audit a qualified teaching health center to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information submitted in a report under paragraph (1). ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON PAYMENT.—A teaching health center may only receive payment in a cost reporting period for a number of such resident positions that is greater than the base level of primary care resident positions, as determined by the Secretary. For purposes of this subparagraph, the ‘base level of primary care residents’ for a teaching health center is the level of such residents as of a base period. ‘‘(3) REDUCTION IN PAYMENT FOR FAILURE TO REPORT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount payable under this sec- tion to a qualified teaching health center for a fiscal year shall be reduced by at least 25 percent if the Secretary determines that— ‘‘(i) the qualified teaching health center has failed to provide the Secretary, as an addendum to the quali- fied teaching health center’s application under this section for such fiscal year, the report required under paragraph (1) for the previous fiscal year; or ‘‘(ii) such report fails to provide complete and accurate information required under any subparagraph of such paragraph. ‘‘(B) NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND MISSING INFORMATION.—Before imposing a reduction under subparagraph (A) on the basis of a qualified teaching health center’s failure to provide complete and accurate information described in subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall provide notice to the teaching health center of such failure and the Secretary’s intention to impose such reduc- tion and shall provide the teaching health center with the opportunity to provide the required information within the period of 30 days beginning on the date of such notice. If the teaching health center provides such information within such period, no reduction shall be made under subparagraph (A) on the basis of the previous failure to provide such information. ‘‘(4) RESIDENTS.—The residents described in this paragraph are those who are in part-time or full-time equivalent resident training positions at a qualified teaching health center in any approved graduate medical residency training program. ‘‘(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section. ‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) APPROVED GRADUATE MEDICAL RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM.—The term ‘approved graduate medical residency Deadline. Determination.