Provider education

(a) Primary care training Section 747(b)(3)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293k(b)(3)(E)) is amended— (1) by striking and individuals and inserting, individuals; and (2) by inserting, and individuals with kidney disease (including rare kidney disease) after disabilities. (b) Nephrology fellowships Section 736(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); (2) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking; and and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: (7) to award fellowships, which may include stipends, for postgraduate training in the field of nephrology, for the purposes of— (A) increasing providers’ knowledge of issues related to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of rare kidney disease for populations disproportionately impacted by the disease, including the prevalence of the gene APOL1; (B) improving the quality of rare kidney disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment delivered to racial and ethnic minorities; and (C) increasing the number of nephrologists trained to provide care to such populations; and.