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 124 STAT. 612 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 (b) TRAINING FOR MID-CAREER PUBLIC HEALTH PROFES- SIONALS.—Part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294n et seq.), as amended by section 5204, is further amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 777. TRAINING FOR MID-CAREER PUBLIC AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants to, or enter into contracts with, any eligible entity to award scholarships to eligible individuals to enroll in degree or professional training pro- grams for the purpose of enabling mid-career professionals in the public health and allied health workforce to receive additional training in the field of public health and allied health. ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible entity’ indicates an accredited educational institution that offers a course of study, certificate program, or professional training program in public or allied health or a related discipline, as determined by the Secretary ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—The term ‘eligible individuals’ includes those individuals employed in public and allied health positions at the Federal, State, tribal, or local level who are interested in retaining or upgrading their education. ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. Fifty percent of appropriated funds shall be allotted to public health mid-career professionals and 50 percent shall be allotted to allied health mid-career professionals.’’. SEC. 5207. FUNDING FOR NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS. Section 338H(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254q(a)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following: ‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2010, $320,461,632. ‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2011, $414,095,394. ‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2012, $535,087,442. ‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2013, $691,431,432. ‘‘(5) For fiscal year 2014, $893,456,433. ‘‘(6) For fiscal year 2015, $1,154,510,336. ‘‘(7) For fiscal year 2016, and each subsequent fiscal year, the amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal year adjusted by the product of— ‘‘(A) one plus the average percentage increase in the costs of health professions education during the prior fiscal year; and ‘‘(B) one plus the average percentage change in the number of individuals residing in health professions short- age areas designated under section 333 during the prior fiscal year, relative to the number of individuals residing in such areas during the previous fiscal year.’’. SEC. 5208. NURSE-MANAGED HEALTH CLINICS. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to fund the develop- ment and operation of nurse-managed health clinics. 42 USC 254c–1a note. Definitions. 42 USC 295f–2.