124 STAT. 616 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry and the National Health Care Workforce Commission established in section 5101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which may include— ‘‘(i) providing training to primary care physicians relevant to providing care through patient-centered medical homes (as defined by the Secretary for pur- poses of this section); ‘‘(ii) developing tools and curricula relevant to patient-centered medical homes; and ‘‘(iii) providing continuing education to primary care physicians relevant to patient-centered medical homes; and ‘‘(H) to plan, develop, and operate joint degree pro- grams to provide interdisciplinary and interprofessional graduate training in public health and other health profes- sions to provide training in environmental health, infec- tious disease control, disease prevention and health pro- motion, epidemiological studies and injury control. ‘‘(2) DURATION OF AWARDS.—The period during which pay- ments are made to an entity from an award of a grant or contract under this subsection shall be 5 years. ‘‘(b) CAPACITY BUILDING IN PRIMARY CARE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants to or enter into contracts with accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine to establish, maintain, or improve— ‘‘(A) academic units or programs that improve clinical teaching and research in fields defined in subsection (a)(1)(A); or ‘‘(B) programs that integrate academic administrative units in fields defined in subsection (a)(1)(A) to enhance interdisciplinary recruitment, training, and faculty develop- ment. ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE IN MAKING AWARDS UNDER THIS SUB- SECTION.—In making awards of grants and contracts under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give preference to any quali- fied applicant for such an award that agrees to expend the award for the purpose of— ‘‘(A) establishing academic units or programs in fields defined in subsection (a)(1)(A); or ‘‘(B) substantially expanding such units or programs. ‘‘(3) PRIORITIES IN MAKING AWARDS.—In awarding grants or contracts under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give pri- ority to qualified applicants that— ‘‘(A) proposes a collaborative project between academic administrative units of primary care; ‘‘(B) proposes innovative approaches to clinical teaching using models of primary care, such as the patient centered medical home, team management of chronic disease, and interprofessional integrated models of health care that incorporate transitions in health care settings and integra- tion physical and mental health provision; ‘‘(C) have a record of training the greatest percentage of providers, or that have demonstrated significant improvements in the percentage of providers trained, who enter and remain in primary care practice;
