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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 233

To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social

work students or social work schools are eligible for support under

the certain programs to assist individuals in pursuing health careers

and programs of grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 19, 1999

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

ensure that social work students or social work schools

are eligible for support under the certain programs to

assist individuals in pursuing health careers and programs of grants for training projects in geriatrics, and

to establish a social work training program.

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

3 SECTION 1. SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS.

4 (a) HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOL.—Section

5 736(g)(1)(A) of the Public Health Service Act, as amend6 ed by Public Law 105–392, is amended by striking ‘‘grad-
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1 uate program in behavioral or mental health’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘graduate program in behavioral or mental health in3 cluding a school offering graduate programs in clinical so4 cial work, or programs in social work’’.

5 (b) SCHOLARSHIPS, GENERALLY.—Section 737(d)(1)

6 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by Public

7 Law 105–392, is amended by striking ‘‘mental health

8 practice’’ and inserting ‘‘mental health practice including

9 graduate programs in clinical psychology, graduate pro10 grams in clinical social work, or programs in social work’’.

11 (c) FACULTY POSITIONS.—Section 738(a)(3) of the

12 Public Health Service Act, as amended by Public Law

13 105–392, is amended by striking ‘‘offering graduate pro14 grams in behavioral and mental health’’ and inserting ‘‘of15 fering graduate programs in behavioral and mental health

16 including graduate programs in clinical psychology, grad17 uate programs in clinical social work, or programs in so18 cial work’’.

19 SEC. 2. GERIATRICS TRAINING PROJECTS.

20 Section 753(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act,

21 as amended by Public Law 105–392, is amended by in22 serting ‘‘schools offering degrees in social work,’’ after

23 ‘‘teaching hospitals,’’.
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1 SEC. 3. SOCIAL WORK TRAINING PROGRAM.

2 Subpart 2 of part E of title VII of the Public Health

3 Service Act, as amended by Public Law 105–392, is

4 amended—

5 (1) by redesignating section 770 as section

6 770A;

7 (2) by inserting after section 769, the following:

8 ‘‘SEC. 770. SOCIAL WORK TRAINING PROGRAM.

9 ‘‘(a) TRAINING GENERALLY.—The Secretary may

10 make grants to, or enter into contracts with, any public

11 or nonprofit private hospital, school offering programs in

12 social work, or to or with a public or private nonprofit

13 entity (which the Secretary has determined is capable of

14 carrying out such grant or contract)—

15 ‘‘(1) to plan, develop, and operate, or partici16 pate in, an approved social work training program

17 (including an approved residency or internship pro18 gram) for students, interns, residents, or practicing

19 physicians;

20 ‘‘(2) to provide financial assistance (in the form

21 of traineeships and fellowships) to students, interns,

22 residents, practicing physicians, or other individuals,

23 who are in need thereof, who are participants in any

24 such program, and who plan to specialize or work in

25 the practice of social work;
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1 ‘‘(3) to plan, develop, and operate a program

2 for the training of individuals who plan to teach in

3 social work training programs; and

4 ‘‘(4) to provide financial assistance (in the form

5 of traineeships and fellowships) to individuals who

6 are participants in any such program and who plan

7 to teach in a social work training program.

8 ‘‘(b) ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make

10 grants to or enter into contracts with schools offer11 ing programs in social work to meet the costs of

12 projects to establish, maintain, or improve academic

13 administrative units (which may be departments, di14 visions, or other units) to provide clinical instruction

15 in social work.

16 ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE IN MAKING AWARDS.—In

17 making awards of grants and contracts under para18 graph (1), the Secretary shall give preference to any

19 qualified applicant for such an award that agrees to

20 expend the award for the purpose of—

21 ‘‘(A) establishing an academic administra22 tive unit for programs in social work; or

23 ‘‘(B) substantially expanding the programs

24 of such a unit.
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1 ‘‘(c) DURATION OF AWARD.—The period during

2 which payments are made to an entity from an award of

3 a grant or contract under subsection (a) may not exceed

4 5 years. The provision of such payments shall be subject

5 to annual approval by the Secretary of the payments and

6 subject to the availability of appropriations for the fiscal

7 year involved to make the payments.

8 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—

9 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

10 For the purpose of carrying out this section, there

11 is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for

12 each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2002.

13 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts appro14 priated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the

15 Secretary shall make available not less than 20 per16 cent for awards of grants and contracts under sub17 section (b).’’; and

18 (3) in section 770A (as so redesignated) by in19 serting ‘‘other than section 770,’’ after ‘‘carrying

20 out this subpart,’’.

21 SEC. 4. CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER SERVICES.

22 Section 1302 of the Public Health Service Act (42

23 U.S.C. 300e–1) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting

2 ‘‘clinical social worker,’’ after ‘‘psychologist,’’ each

3 place it appears;

4 (2) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘and psy5 chologists’’ and inserting ‘‘psychologists, and clinical

6 social workers’’; and

7 (3) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘clinical so8 cial work,’’ after ‘‘psychology,’’.

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