124 STAT. 646 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(G) Establish a youth public health program to expose and recruit high school students into health careers, with a focus on careers in public health. ‘‘(2) INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES.—An eligible entity may use amounts awarded under a grant under subsection (a)(1) or subsection (a)(2) to carry out any of the following activities: ‘‘(A) Develop and implement innovative curricula in collaboration with community-based accredited primary care residency training programs, Federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, behavioral and mental health facilities, public health departments, or other appro- priate facilities, with the goal of increasing the number of primary care physicians and other primary care pro- viders prepared to serve in underserved areas and health disparity populations. ‘‘(B) Coordinate community-based participatory research with academic health centers, and facilitate rapid flow and dissemination of evidence-based health care information, research results, and best practices to improve quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care and health care systems within community settings. ‘‘(C) Develop and implement other strategies to address identified workforce needs and increase and enhance the health care workforce in the area served by the area health education center program. ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(1) AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER PROGRAM.—In car- rying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure the following: ‘‘(A) An entity that receives an award under this section shall conduct at least 10 percent of clinical education required for medical students in community settings that are removed from the primary teaching facility of the con- tracting institution for grantees that operate a school of medicine or osteopathic medicine. In States in which an entity that receives an award under this section is a nursing school or its parent institution, the Secretary shall alternatively ensure that— ‘‘(i) the nursing school conducts at least 10 percent of clinical education required for nursing students in community settings that are remote from the primary teaching facility of the school; and ‘‘(ii) the entity receiving the award maintains a written agreement with a school of medicine or osteo- pathic medicine to place students from that school in training sites in the area health education center program area. ‘‘(B) An entity receiving funds under subsection (a)(2) does not distribute such funding to a center that is eligible to receive funding under subsection (a)(1). ‘‘(2) AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER.—The Secretary shall ensure that each area health education center program includes at least 1 area health education center, and that each such center— ‘‘(A) is a public or private organization whose structure, governance, and operation is independent from the awardee and the parent institution of the awardee;
