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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 43 

To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a psychology 

post-doctoral fellowship program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 2011 

Mr. INOUYE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to 

establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program, 

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 ‘‘Psychologists in the 

5 Service of the Public Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR FELLOWSHIPS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 

7 Subpart I of part C of title VII of the Public Health 

8 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293k et seq.) is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 749A–1. GRANTS FOR FELLOWSHIPS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

3 psychology post-doctoral fellowship program to make 

4 grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities to 

5 encourage the provision of psychological training and serv6 ices in underserved treatment areas. 

7 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

8 ‘‘(1) INDIVIDUALS.—In order to receive a grant 

9 under this section an individual shall submit an ap10 plication to the Secretary at such time, in such 

11 form, and containing such information as the Sec12 retary shall require, including a certification that 

13 such individual— 

14 ‘‘(A) has received a doctoral degree 

15 through a graduate program in psychology pro16 vided by an accredited institution at the time 

17 such grant is awarded; 

18 ‘‘(B) will provide services to a medically 

19 underserved population during the period of 

20 such grant; 

21 ‘‘(C) will comply with the provisions of 

22 subsection (c); and 

23 ‘‘(D) will provide any other information or 

24 assurances as the Secretary determines appro25 priate. 


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1 ‘‘(2) INSTITUTIONS.—In order to receive a 

2 grant or contract under this section, an institution 

3 shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 

4 time, in such form, and containing such information 

5 as the Secretary shall require, including a certifi6 cation that such institution— 

7 ‘‘(A) is an entity, approved by the State, 

8 that provides psychological services in medically 

9 underserved areas or to medically underserved 

10 populations (including entities that care for the 

11 mentally retarded, mental health institutions, 

12 and prisons); 

13 ‘‘(B) will use amounts provided to such in14 stitution under this section to provide financial 

15 assistance in the form of fellowships to qualified 

16 individuals who meet the requirements of sub17 paragraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1); 

18 ‘‘(C) will not use more than 10 percent of 

19 amounts provided under this section to pay for 

20 the administrative costs of any fellowship pro21 grams established with such funds; and 

22 ‘‘(D) will provide any other information or 

23 assurances as the Secretary determines appro24 priate. 


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1 ‘‘(c) CONTINUED PROVISION OF SERVICES.—Any in2 dividual who receives a grant or fellowship under this sec3 tion shall certify to the Secretary that such individual will 

4 continue to provide the type of services for which such 

5 grant or fellowship is awarded for not less than 1 year 

6 after the term of the grant or fellowship has expired. 

7 ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 

9 promulgate regulations necessary to carry out this section, 

10 including regulations that define the terms ‘medically un11 derserved areas’ and ‘medically underserved populations’. 

12 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

14 $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 

15 2014.’’. 

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