AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR GRANTS FOR TRAINING, TRAINEESHIPS, AND FELLOWSHIPS IN GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE AND GENERAL PEDIATRICS.

SEC. 609. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR GRANTS FOR TRAINING, TRAINEESHIPS, AND FELLOWSHIPS IN GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE AND GENERAL PEDIATRICS. (a) Coordination Criteria.—Section 784(b) (42 U.S.C. 295g-4(b)) is amended by inserting before the period the following: “, and coordination of curriculum development and resident teaching activities with departments of family medicine where there is a department within the same school”. (b) Authorizations.—Section 784(c) (42 U.S.C. 295g-4(c)) is amended— (1) by striking “There” and all that follows through “section” and inserting “For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated”; and (2) by striking “and” after “1987,” and by inserting before the period the following: “, $23,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, $23,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1991”.