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 124 STAT. 669 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT AND DURATION.—Grants awarded under this sec- tion shall be for a term of not more than 3 years and the maximum award may not be more than $500,000. ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts provided under a grant under this section shall be used to cover the costs of— ‘‘(1) establishing or expanding a primary care residency training program described in subsection (a), including costs associated with— ‘‘(A) curriculum development; ‘‘(B) recruitment, training and retention of residents and faculty: ‘‘(C) accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the American Dental Association (ADA), or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA); and ‘‘(D) faculty salaries during the development phase; and ‘‘(2) technical assistance provided by an eligible entity. ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—A teaching health center seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. ‘‘(e) PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS.—In selecting recipients for grants under this section, the Secretary shall give preference to any such application that documents an existing affili- ation agreement with an area health education center program as defined in sections 751 and 799B. ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible entity’ means an organization capable of providing technical assistance including an area health education center program as defined in sections 751 and 799B. ‘‘(2) PRIMARY CARE RESIDENCY PROGRAM.—The term ‘pri- mary care residency program’ means an approved graduate medical residency training program (as defined in section 340H) in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, internal medi- cine-pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and geriatrics. ‘‘(3) TEACHING HEALTH CENTER.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘teaching health center’ means an entity that— ‘‘(i) is a community based, ambulatory patient care center; and ‘‘(ii) operates a primary care residency program. ‘‘(B) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ENTITIES.—Such term includes the following: ‘‘(i) A Federally qualified health center (as defined in section 1905(l)(2)(B), of the Social Security Act). ‘‘(ii) A community mental health center (as defined in section 1861(ff)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act). ‘‘(iii) A rural health clinic, as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act. ‘‘(iv) A health center operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act).