124 STAT. 647 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(B) is not a school of medicine or osteopathic medicine, the parent institution of such a school, or a branch campus or other subunit of a school of medicine or osteopathic medicine or its parent institution, or a consortium of such entities; ‘‘(C) designates an underserved area or population to be served by the center which is in a location removed from the main location of the teaching facilities of the schools participating in the program with such center and does not duplicate, in whole or in part, the geographic area or population served by any other center; ‘‘(D) fosters networking and collaboration among communities and between academic health centers and community-based centers; ‘‘(E) serves communities with a demonstrated need of health professionals in partnership with academic med- ical centers; ‘‘(F) addresses the health care workforce needs of the communities served in coordination with the public workforce investment system; and ‘‘(G) has a community-based governing or advisory board that reflects the diversity of the communities involved. ‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS.—With respect to the costs of operating a program through a grant under this section, to be eligible for financial assistance under this section, an entity shall make avail- able (directly or through contributions from State, county or munic- ipal governments, or the private sector) recurring non-Federal con- tributions in cash or in kind, toward such costs in an amount that is equal to not less than 50 percent of such costs. At least 25 percent of the total required non-Federal contributions shall be in cash. An entity may apply to the Secretary for a waiver of not more than 75 percent of the matching fund amount required by the entity for each of the first 3 years the entity is funded through a grant under subsection (a)(1). ‘‘(f) LIMITATION.—Not less than 75 percent of the total amount provided to an area health education center program under sub- section (a)(1) or (a)(2) shall be allocated to the area health education centers participating in the program under this section. To provide needed flexibility to newly funded area health education center programs, the Secretary may waive the requirement in the sentence for the first 2 years of a new area health education center program funded under subsection (a)(1). ‘‘(g) AWARD.—An award to an entity under this section shall be not less than $250,000 annually per area health education center included in the program involved. If amounts appropriated to carry out this section are not sufficient to comply with the preceding sentence, the Secretary may reduce the per center amount provided for in such sentence as necessary, provided the distribution estab- lished in subsection (j)(2) is maintained. ‘‘(h) PROJECT TERMS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the period during which payments may be made under an award under subsection (a)(1) may not exceed— ‘‘(A) in the case of a program, 12 years; or ‘‘(B) in the case of a center within a program, 6 years. Waiver authority.
