Title III, SEC. 3062. PROGRAMS OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (a) In General. The programs described in this section and carried out with amounts made available under section 3061 shall be carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (b) Primary Care Physician and Physician Assistant Training. For purposes of section 3061, the programs described in this section include programs to support projects to train additional numbers of primary care physicians and physician assistants, including projects to enhance community-based generalist training for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians; to retrain mid-career physicians previously certified in a nonprimary care medical specialty; to expand the supply of physicians with special training to serve in rural and inner-city medically underserved areas; to support expansion of service-linked educational networks that train a range of primary care providers in community settings; to provide for training in managed care, cost-effective practice management, and continuous quality improvement; and to develop additional information on primary care workforce issues as required to meet future needs in health care. (b) Training of Underrepresented Minorities and Disadvantaged Persons. For purposes of section 3061, the programs described in this section include a program to support projects to increase the number of underrepresented minority and disadvantaged persons in medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, nursing, public health, and other health professions, including projects to provide continuing financial assistance for such persons entering health professions training programs; to increase support for recruitment and retention of such persons in the health professions; to maintain efforts to foster interest in health careers among such persons at the preprofessional level; and to increase the number of minority health professions faculty. (c) Nurse Training. For purposes of section 3061, the programs described in this section include the following: (1) A program to support projects to support midlevel provider training and address priority nursing workforce needs, including projects to train additional nurse practitioners and nurse midwives; to support baccalaureate-level nurse training programs providing preparation for careers in teaching, community health service, and specialized clinical care; to train additional nurse clinicians and nurse anesthetists; to support interdisciplinary school-based community nursing programs; and to promote research on nursing workforce issues. (2) A program to develop and encourage the adoption of model professional practice statutes for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants, and to otherwise support efforts to remove inappropriate barriers to practice by such nurses and such physician assistants. (d) Other Programs. For purposes of section 3061, the programs described in this section include a program to train health professionals and administrators in managed care, cost-effective practice management, continuous quality improvement practices, and provision of culturally sensitive care. (e) Relationship to Existing Programs. This section may be carried out through programs established in title VII or VIII of the Public Health Service Act, as appropriate and as consistent with the purposes of such programs.