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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10337 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10337

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a demonstration 
    project to make grants to eligible hospitals for the purpose of 
 promoting work-based learning in health care, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2024

  Ms. Brown (for herself, Mrs. Lee Carter, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. 
   McClellan, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Lieu, Mr. 
  Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carter of 
    Louisiana, Mr. Meeks, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Williams of 
 Georgia, Ms. Salinas, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Landsman, 
and Ms. Meng) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a demonstration 
    project to make grants to eligible hospitals for the purpose of 
 promoting work-based learning in health care, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding the Health Care Workforce 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT GRANTS TO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF 
              THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE.

     The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after 
section 778 (42 U.S.C. 295f-3) the following:

``SEC. 779. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT GRANTS TO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION 
              OF THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a demonstration 
project (in this section referred to as the `Demonstration Project') to 
make grants to eligible entities to--
            ``(1) create, develop, expand, or scale a curriculum in a 
        secondary school that implements a work-based learning program;
            ``(2) develop or expand an educational curriculum that 
        promotes the matriculation of students enrolled in secondary 
        school to--
                    ``(A) employment in the health care workforce; or
                    ``(B) an educational program in a health care-
                related field;
            ``(3) promote an educational curriculum that encourages 
        student attendance and community engagement; and
            ``(4) ensure the health and well-being of the community of 
        the eligible entity by strengthening the health care workforce.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity shall use a grant under 
this section to develop or expand a program that--
            ``(1) provides students with work-based learning 
        opportunities in an eligible hospital--
                    ``(A) during a student's first year enrolled in the 
                program, for at least 20 hours;
                    ``(B) during a student's second year enrolled in 
                the program, for at least 20 hours;
                    ``(C) during a student's third year enrolled in the 
                program, for at least 30 hours;
                    ``(D) during a student's fourth year enrolled in 
                the program, for at least 100 hours; and
                    ``(E) during a student's fifth year (or any 
                subsequent year) enrolled in the program, an 
                appropriate amount of work-based learning as determined 
                by the eligible entity;
            ``(2) has a written partnership agreement with a secondary 
        school to provide work-based learning;
            ``(3) provides a comprehensive high school education that 
        leads to the conferral of a high school diploma, as defined by 
        State law;
            ``(4) provides college planning services and career 
        planning services; and
            ``(5) provides education on appropriate health care topics 
        that would facilitate entry to the health care workforce or an 
        educational program in a health care-related field, including 
        age-appropriate clinical interactions and coursework in 
        preparation to take a licensing or certification examination 
        required to enter the health care workforce.
    ``(c) Grant Specifications.--
            ``(1) Period.--A grant under this section shall be for a 
        period of not less than 4 and not more than 6 years.
            ``(2) Disbursement schedule.--A grant under this section 
        shall be disbursed during such period on the schedule and in 
        the increments described in the budget and budget narrative 
        submitted by the eligible entity receiving the grant under 
        subsection (e)(2).
            ``(3) Number; geographic diversity.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants 
                under this section to at least 20 eligible entities, 
                divided equally among the 10 regions of the United 
                States described in subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Regions described.--The regions described in 
                this subparagraph are the following:
                            ``(i) Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, 
                        Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and 
                        Vermont.
                            ``(ii) Region 2: New Jersey, New York, 
                        Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
                            ``(iii) Region 3: Delaware, the District of 
                        Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and 
                        West Virginia.
                            ``(iv) Region 4: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 
                        Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South 
                        Carolina, and Tennessee.
                            ``(v) Region 5: Illinois, Indiana, 
                        Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
                            ``(vi) Region 6: Arkansas, Louisiana, New 
                        Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
                            ``(vii) Region 7: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, 
                        and Nebraska.
                            ``(viii) Region 8: Colorado, Montana, North 
                        Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
                            ``(ix) Region 9: Arizona, California, 
                        Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Commonwealth of 
                        the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States 
                        of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and 
                        Republic of Palau.
                            ``(x) Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and 
                        Washington.
            ``(4) Quota for expanding existing programs.--Of the grants 
        made by the Secretary under this section, at least 25 percent 
        of the total number of such grants shall be to expand programs 
        established before the date of enactment of this section.
    ``(d) Priority.--In making grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall give priority to any eligible entity that--
            ``(1) serves a medically underserved population;
            ``(2) is located in a medically underserved community; or
            ``(3) is a multi-mission hospital, a vulnerable community 
        hospital, or an endangered small rural hospital, as determined 
        by the Secretary.
    ``(e) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may 
reasonably require. The application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the curriculum to be used in the 
        program to be funded by the grant;
            ``(2) a budget and budget narrative for such program;
            ``(3) an explanation of how the curriculum of such program 
        will promote the matriculation of secondary students in 
        employment in the health care workforce or an educational 
        program in a health care-related field;
            ``(4) an explanation of how such program to be funded by 
        the grant will promote student attendance, community 
        engagement, and successful completion of the requirements of 
        such program;
            ``(5) a letter of support from the lead State health or 
        human services agency for the State in which the eligible 
        entity is located that certifies that there exists a need for a 
        such a program in the community of the eligible entity; and
            ``(6) an explanation of how such program intends to improve 
        the educational outcomes of the students of the eligible entity 
        compared to other students in the county of the eligible 
        entity.
    ``(f) Reports.--
            ``(1) To secretary.--Not less than annually, an eligible 
        entity receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the 
        Secretary, in such form and manner as the Secretary may 
        reasonably require, a report that includes the following 
        information with respect to the preceding school year:
                    ``(A) The number of students enrolled in the 
                program funded by the grant.
                    ``(B) The number of students who graduated from 
                such program.
                    ``(C) The number of students who are truant, as 
                defined by the secondary school's accrediting body or 
                the State.
                    ``(D) The four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate 
                and extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 
                such program.
                    ``(E) The average daily attendance of such program.
                    ``(F) The number and percentage of students 
                entering post-secondary education, separated by those 
                who enter into an educational program in a health care-
                related field and those who do not.
                    ``(G) The number and percentage of students 
                entering the workforce, separated by those who enter 
                the health care workforce and those who do not.
                    ``(H) Any other information the Secretary 
                determines necessary to ensure the adequate evaluation 
                of the Demonstration Project.
            ``(2) To congress.--Not later than 5 years after the date 
        on which a grant is first made to an eligible entity under this 
        section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
        Education, shall submit to Congress a report on the results of 
        the Demonstration Project. Such report shall include--
                    ``(A) a list of eligible entities that have 
                received a grant under this section, including the 
                primary geographic location of each such eligible 
                entity;
                    ``(B) the total number and demographic profile of 
                students who are enrolled in a program funded by a 
                grant under this section;
                    ``(C) the total number of students who participated 
                in such a program and who matriculated into an 
                educational program in a health care-related field or 
                gained employment in the health care workforce;
                    ``(D) the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate 
                and extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 
                each such program, compared to other secondary schools 
                in each county of such programs;
                    ``(E) the effects of the Demonstration Project on 
                the health care workforce;
                    ``(F) recommendations for improving the 
                Demonstration Project; and
                    ``(G) other information or metrics that the 
                Secretary determines necessary for Congress to evaluate 
                the success of the Demonstration Project.
    ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Educational program in a health care-related field.--
        The term `educational program in a health care-related field' 
        means any accredited or certified educational program that 
        permits an individual to gain employment in the health care 
        workforce.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means an 
        eligible hospital that has a formal written partnership with a 
        secondary school.
            ``(3) Eligible hospital.--The term `eligible hospital' 
        means--
                    ``(A) a hospital (as defined in section 1861(e) of 
                the Social Security Act); and
                    ``(B) a hospital that provides complex, 
                comprehensive, high-acuity care, as determined by the 
                Secretary.
            ``(4) ESEA terms.--The terms `average daily attendance', 
        `extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate', `four-year 
        adjusted cohort graduation rate', and `secondary school' have 
        the meanings given to such terms in section 8101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
            ``(5) Health care workforce.--The term `health care 
        workforce' has the meaning given to the term in section 5101(i) 
        of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
            ``(6) Medically underserved community.--The term `medically 
        underserved community' has the meaning given to the term in 
        section 799B(6) of the Public Health Service Act.
            ``(7) Medically underserved population.--The term 
        `medically underserved population' has the meaning given to the 
        term in section 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.
            ``(8) Work-based learning.--The term `work-based learning' 
        has the meaning given to the term in section 3(55) of the Carl 
        D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
    ``(h) Termination.--The authority of the Secretary to make grants 
under this section shall cease on the date that is 6 years after the 
date on which the Secretary establishes the Demonstration Project.
    ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section 
for fiscal year 2025 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.''.
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