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 124 STAT. 676 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 demonstration. Such settings include Federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and other non-hospital settings as determined appropriate by the Secretary. (3) APPLICABLE SCHOOL OF NURSING.—The term ‘‘applicable school of nursing’’ means an accredited school of nursing (as defined in section 801 of the Public Health Service Act) which has entered into a written agreement (as described in sub- section (b)) with the eligible hospital participating in the dem- onstration. (4) DEMONSTRATION.—The term ‘‘demonstration’’ means the graduate nurse education demonstration established under sub- section (a). (5) ELIGIBLE HOSPITAL.—The term ‘‘eligible hospital’’ means a hospital (as defined in subsection (e) of section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x)) or a critical access hos- pital (as defined in subsection (mm)(1) of such section) that has a written agreement in place with— (A) 1 or more applicable schools of nursing; and (B) 2 or more applicable non-hospital community-based care settings. (6) ELIGIBLE PARTNERS.—The term ‘‘eligible partners’’ includes the following: (A) An applicable non-hospital community-based care setting. (B) An applicable school of nursing. (7) QUALIFIED TRAINING.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified training’’ means training— (i) that provides an advanced practice registered nurse with the clinical skills necessary to provide pri- mary care, preventive care, transitional care, chronic care management, and other services appropriate for individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, or enrolled under part B of such title; and (ii) subject to subparagraph (B), at least half of which is provided in a non-hospital community-based care setting. (B) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT HALF OF TRAINING BE PROVIDED IN NON-HOSPITAL COMMUNITY-BASED CARE SET- TING IN CERTAIN AREAS.—The Secretary may waive the requirement under subparagraph (A)(ii) with respect to eligible hospitals located in rural or medically underserved areas. (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Subtitle G—Improving Access to Health Care Services SEC. 5601. SPENDING FOR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS (FQHCS). (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 330(r) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(r)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: