FAMILY MEDICINE AND GENERAL PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY.

SEC. 610. FAMILY MEDICINE AND GENERAL PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY. (a) General Practice of Dentistry.—Part F of title VII (42 U.S.C. 295g et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 786— (A) in the title, by striking “and general practice of dentistry”; and (B) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and (2) by inserting after section 784 the following new section: 102 STAT. 3131 “SEC. 785. RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN GENERAL PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY. “(a) In General.—The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts with, any public or nonprofit private school of dentistry or accredited postgraduate dental training institution— “(1) to plan, develop, and operate an approved residency program in the general practice of dentistry or an approved advanced educational program in the general practice of dentistry; and “(2) to provide financial assistance (in the form of traineeships and fellowships) to participants in such a program who are in need of financial assistance and who plan to specialize in the practice of general dentistry. “(b) Authorization op Appropriations.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $4,000,04)0 for fiscal year 1989, $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1991.”. (b) Authorization op Appropriations for Family Medicine.—Section 786(c) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section) is amended to read as follows: “(c) For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $37,900,000 for fiscal year 1989, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1991.”.