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 124 STAT. 995 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 (d) Section 738(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293b(a)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘schools offering physician assistant education programs,’’ after ‘‘public health,’’. (e) Subtitle D of title V of this Act is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 5316. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR FAMILY NURSE PRACTI - TIONER TRAINING PROGRAMS. ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) shall establish a training demonstration program for family nurse practitioners (referred to in this section as the ‘program’) to employ and provide 1-year training for nurse practitioners who have grad- uated from a nurse practitioner program for careers as primary care providers in Federally qualified health centers (referred to in this section as ‘FQHCs’) and nurse-managed health clinics (referred to in this section as ‘NMHCs’). ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program is to enable each grant recipient to— ‘‘(1) provide new nurse practitioners with clinical training to enable them to serve as primary care providers in FQHCs and NMHCs; ‘‘(2) train new nurse practitioners to work under a model of primary care that is consistent with the principles set forth by the Institute of Medicine and the needs of vulnerable popu- lations; and ‘‘(3) create a model of FQHC and NMHC training for nurse practitioners that may be replicated nationwide. ‘‘(c) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall award 3-year grants to eligible entities that meet the requirements established by the Secretary, for the purpose of operating the nurse practitioner pri- mary care programs described in subsection (a) in such entities. ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall— ‘‘(1)(A) be a FQHC as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)); or ‘‘(B) be a nurse-managed health clinic, as defined in section 330A–1 of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 5208 of this Act); and ‘‘(2) submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Sec- retary may require. ‘‘(e) PRIORITY IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that— ‘‘(1) demonstrate sufficient infrastructure in size, scope, and capacity to undertake the requisite training of a minimum of 3 nurse practitioners per year, and to provide to each awardee 12 full months of full-time, paid employment and benefits con- sistent with the benefits offered to other full-time employees of such entity; ‘‘(2) will assign not less than 1 staff nurse practitioner or physician to each of 4 precepted clinics; ‘‘(3) will provide to each awardee specialty rotations, including specialty training in prenatal care and women’s health, adult and child psychiatry, orthopedics, geriatrics, and at least 3 other high-volume, high-burden specialty areas; 42 USC 296j–1.