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 124 STAT. 1003 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(ii) in the case of contracts entered into under section 338B, accept a minimum service obligation of 2 years with an award amount equal to 50 percent of the amount that would otherwise be payable for full-time service; and’’; and (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘In evaluating a dem- onstration project described in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘In evaluating waivers issued under paragraph (1)’’. (2) Subsection (j) of section 331 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(5) The terms ‘full time’ and ‘full-time’ mean a minimum of 40 hours per week in a clinical practice, for a minimum of 45 weeks per year. ‘‘(6) The terms ‘half time’ and ‘half-time’ mean a minimum of 20 hours per week (not to exceed 39 hours per week) in a clinical practice, for a minimum of 45 weeks per year.’’. (3) Section 337(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254j(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Members may not be reappointed to the Council.’’. (4) Section 338B(g)(2)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l–1(g)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000, plus, beginning with fiscal year 2012, an amount determined by the Secretary on an annual basis to reflect inflation,’’. (5) Subsection (a) of section 338C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254m), as amended by section 5508, is amended— (A) by striking the second sentence and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘The Secretary may treat teaching as clinical practice for up to 20 percent of such period of obligated service.’’; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, with respect to a member of the Corps participating in the teaching health centers graduate medical education program under section 340H, for the purpose of calcu- lating time spent in full-time clinical practice under this section, up to 50 percent of time spent teaching by such member may be counted toward his or her service obligation.’’. 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 Certification. Definitions.