Section 10502

SEC. 10502. INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CARE.

[a] Appropriation- There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2011, to be used for debt service on, or direct construction or renovation of, a health care facility that provides research, inpatient tertiary care, or outpatient clinical services. Such facility shall be affiliated with an academic health center at a public research university in the United States that contains a State's sole public academic medical and dental school.

[b] Requirement- Amount appropriated under subsection [a] may only be made available by the Secretary of Health and Human Services upon the receipt of an application from the Governor of a State that certifies that--

[1] the new health care facility is critical for the provision of greater access to health care within the State;

[2] such facility is essential for the continued financial viability of the State's sole public medical and dental school and its academic health center;

[3] the request for Federal support represents not more than 40 percent of the total cost of the proposed new facility; and

[4] the State has established a dedicated funding mechanism to provide all remaining funds necessary to complete the construction or renovation of the proposed facility.