; (B) is certified as a physician assistant by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants or any successor organization; and (C) either— (i) holds a valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine as a physician assistant in the State in which the physician assistant practices in a clinical setting; or (ii) is qualified for licensure in the State where the individual is employed as a full-time physician assistant faculty member of a physician assistant education program (as defined in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295p )). ; and (3) in subsection (h), by striking fiscal year 2009 and inserting fiscal year 2018 . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to employment occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 4. Grants for physician assistant programs at historically black colleges and universities and predominantly black institutions (a) Historically black colleges and universities Section 723 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1136a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting physician assistant studies, after allied health, ; (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting physician assistant studies, after allied health, ; and (3) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (4), by inserting physician assistant studies, after allied health, ; (B) in paragraph (11), by striking and at the end; (C) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (13); and (D) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following: (12) in the case of a grant for a physician assistant education program (as defined in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295p ))— (A) creating or improving facilities for Internet or other distance education technologies, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services; and (B) collaborating with other institutions of higher education to expand postbaccalaureate degree offerings