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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9005 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services to award grants to Hispanic-serving institutions, 

historically Black colleges and universities, Asian American and Native 

American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges or Universities, regional community-based organizations, and national minority 

medical associations, for counseling, mentoring and providing information 

on financial assistance to prepare underrepresented minority individuals 

to enroll in and graduate from health professional schools and to increase 

services for underrepresented minority students, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants 

to Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges 

or Universities, regional community-based organizations, 

and national minority medical associations, for counseling, mentoring and providing information on financial 

assistance to prepare underrepresented minority individuals to enroll in and graduate from health professional 


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schools and to increase services for underrepresented minority students, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Workforce Di5 versity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, HISTORICALLY 

7 BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, ASIAN 

8 AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC 

9 ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, TRIBAL 

10 COLLEGES, REGIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED 

11 ORGANIZATIONS, AND NATIONAL MINORITY 

12 MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title VII of the Public 

14 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293 et seq.) is amended 

15 by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 742. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, HISTORI17 CALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, 

18 ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PA19 CIFIC ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, 

20 AND TRIBAL COLLEGES. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 

22 the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 

23 Administration and in consultation with the Secretary of 

24 Education, shall award grants to Hispanic-serving instituVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:00 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9005.IH H9005

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1 tions, historically Black colleges and universities, Asian 

2 American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving 

3 institutions, Tribal Colleges or Universities, regional com4 munity-based organizations, and national minority med5 ical associations, for counseling, mentoring and providing 

6 information on financial assistance to prepare underrep7 resented minority individuals to enroll in and graduate 

8 from health professional schools and to increase services 

9 for underrepresented minority students including— 

10 ‘‘(1) mentoring with underrepresented health 

11 professionals; and 

12 ‘‘(2) providing financial assistance information 

13 for continued education and applications to health 

14 professional schools. 

15 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN

17 PACIFIC ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

18 term ‘Asian American and Native American Pacific 

19 Islander-serving institution’ has the meaning given 

20 such term in section 320(b) of the Higher Education 

21 Act of 1965. 

22 ‘‘(2) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

23 term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ means an entity 

24 that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) is a school or program for which 

2 there is a definition under section 799B; 

3 ‘‘(B) has an enrollment of full-time equiva4 lent students that is made up of at least 9 per5 cent Hispanic students; 

6 ‘‘(C) has been effective in carrying out pro7 grams to recruit Hispanic individuals to enroll 

8 in and graduate from the school; 

9 ‘‘(D) has been effective in recruiting and 

10 retaining Hispanic faculty members; 

11 ‘‘(E) has a significant number of graduates 

12 who are providing health services to medically 

13 underserved populations or to individuals in 

14 health professional shortage areas; and 

15 ‘‘(F) is a Hispanic Center of Excellence in 

16 Health Professions Education designated under 

17 section 736(d)(2) of the Public Health Service 

18 Act (42 U.S.C. 293(d)(2)). 

19 ‘‘(3) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNI20 VERSITY.—The term ‘historically Black college and 

21 university’ has the meaning given the term ‘part B 

22 institution’ as defined in section 322 of the Higher 

23 Education Act of 1965. 

24 ‘‘(4) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 

25 term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning 


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1 given such term in section 316(b) of the Higher 

2 Education Act of 1965. 

3 ‘‘(c) CERTAIN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS.—In 

4 carrying out the National Health Service Corps Loan Re5 payment Program established under subpart III of part 

6 D of title III and the loan repayment program under sec7 tion 317F, the Secretary shall ensure, notwithstanding 

8 such subpart or section, that loan repayments of not less 

9 than $50,000 per year per person are awarded for repay10 ment of loans incurred for enrollment or participation of 

11 underrepresented minority individuals in health profes12 sional schools and other health programs described in this 

13 section. 

14 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

15 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

16 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

17 2021 through 2026.’’. 

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