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Obamacare, or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Title V: Health Care Workforce

Title V: Health Care Workforce

To understand more about Title V:  Health Care Workforce, see the full text of Title V and the Amendments to Title V.

Subtitle A: Purpose and Definitions

  • Section 5001:  Purpose
  • Section 5002:  Definitions

Subtitle B: Innovations in the Health Care Workforce

  • Section 5101:  National Health Care Workforce Commission
  • Section 5102:  State Health Care Workforce Development Grants
  • Section 5103:  Health Care Workforce Assessment 

Subtitle C: Increasing the Supply of the Health Care Workforce

  • Section 5201:  Federally Supported Student Loan Funds
  • Section 5202:  Nursing Student Loan Program
  • Section 5203:  Health Care Workforce Loan Repayment Programs
  • Section 5204:  Public Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention Programs
  • Section 5205:  Allied Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention Programs
  • Section 5206:  Grants for State and Local Programs
  • Section 5207:  Funding for National Health Service Corps
  • Section 5208:  Nurse-Managed Health Clinics
  • Section 5209:  Elmination of Cap on Commissioned Cops
  • Section 5210:  Establishing a Ready Reserve Corps

Subtitle D: Enhancing Health Care Workforce Education and Training

  • Section 5301:  Training in Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics, and Physician Assistantship
  • Section 5302:  Training Opportunities for Direct Care Workers
  • Section 5303:  Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry
  • Section 5304:  Alternative Dental Health Care Providers Demonstration Project
  • Section 5305:  Geriatric Education and Training; Career Awards; Comprehensive Geriatric Education
  • Section 5306:  Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants
  • Section 5307:  Cultural Competency, Prevention, and Public Health and Individuals with Disabilities Training
  • Section 5308:  Advanced Nursing Education Grants
  • Section 5309:  Nurse Education, Practice, and Retention grants
  • Section 5310:  Loan Repayment and Scholarship Program
  • Section 5311:  Nurse Faculty Loan Program
  • Section 5312:  Authorization of Appropriations for Parts B through D of Title VIII
  • Section 5313:  Grants to Promote the Community Health Workforce
  • Section 5314:  Fellowship Training in Public Health
  • Section 5315:  United States Public Health Sciences Track

Subtitle E: Supporting the Existing Health Care Workforce

  • Section 5401:  Centers of Excellence
  • Section 5402:  Health Care Professionals Training for Diversity
  • Section 5403:  Interdisciplinary, Community-based Linkages
  • Section 5404:  Workforce Diversity Grants
  • Section 5405:  Primary Care Extension Program

Subtitle F: Strengthening Primary Care and Other Workforce Improvements

  • Section 5501:  Expanding Access to Primary Care Services and General Surgery Services
  • Section 5502:  Medicare Federally Qualified Health Center Improvements
  • Section 5503:  Distribution of Additional Residency Positions
  • Section 5504:  Counting Resident Time in Nonprovider Settings
  • Section 5505:  Rules for Counting Resident Time for Didactic and Scholarly Activities and Other Activities
  • Section 5506:  Preservation of Resident Cap Postitions from Closed Hospitals
  • Section 5507:  Demonstration Projects to Address Health Professions Workforce Needs; Extension of Family-to-Family Health Information Centers
  • Section 5508:  Increasing Teaching Capacity
  • Section 5509:  Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration

Subtitle G: Improving Access to Health Care Services

  • Section 5601:  Spending for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCS)
  • Section 5602:  Negotiated Rulemaking for Development of Methodology and Criteria for Designating Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professions Shortage Areas
  • Section 5603:  Reauthorization of the Wakefield Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
  • Section 5604:  Co-Locating Primary and Specialty Care in Community-based Mental Health Settings
  • Section 5605:  Key National Indicators

Subtitle H: General Provisions

  • Section 5701:  Reports

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