1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Access to Health Care in Rural and Underserved Areas Act . 2. Primary care accredited continuing medical education program Subpart 1 of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 330N. Primary care accredited continuing medical education program (a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall establish a program to award not more than 100 grants to Federally-qualified health centers or rural health clinics, or organizations affiliated with such clinics, for the purpose of ensuring access to accredited continuing medical education by board-certified specialist physicians, including family and internal medicine physicians, with teaching or high-volume patient experience, and other licensed medical providers who have clinical experience and are certified in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary, to primary care physicians and medical providers employed by Federally-qualified health centers or rural health clinics, to increase the primary care providers’ knowledge and capacity to practice within their full scope and increase access to care for patients in rural and underserved areas. (b) Scope of training (1) In general Accredited continuing medical education programs offered under this section— (A) shall be designed to be flexible to meet the needs of the patients and providers served and offer a variety of schedules, with a minimum of 1-day training per month, per specialty area; (B) shall involve clinical practice for at least 50 percent of the training (based on a 3-month average), involving direct care for patients with a scheduled visit with the primary care provider, and who could benefit from a concurrent visit with both the primary care provider and a specialist; (C) shall not impose additional cost-sharing with respect to the concurrent visits described in subparagraph (B)