‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary may identify 
and disseminate best practices for the training described 
in subsection (a). 
‘‘SEC. 749D. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATION ON RARE 
DISEASES AND CONDITIONS IN MINORITY 
POPULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to accred-
ited schools of medicine and nursing, and other health pro-
fessional training programs, for the development and im-
plementation of programs to provide education and train-
ing to health care professionals on the causes and effects 
of rare diseases and conditions in minority populations. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘minority’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 464z–3. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘rare disease or condition’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 526 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
360bb). 
‘‘SEC. 749E. MENTORING PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE 
PROFESSIONALS SEEKING TO WORK IN RARE 
DISEASES AND CONDITIONS. 
‘‘The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of 
the Health Resources and Services Administration, may 
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award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to 
public and nonprofit private entities (including Tribal enti-
ties) for the establishment of a mentoring program for 
health care professionals seeking to treat patients with 
rare diseases and conditions. 
‘‘SEC. 749F. SCHOLARSHIP AND LOAN REPAYMENT PRO-
GRAM FOR PHYSICIANS AND GENETIC COUN-
SELORS SERVING POPULATIONS WITH RARE 
DISEASES AND CONDITIONS. 
‘‘(a) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a program of entering into contracts with eligi-
ble individuals under which the individuals agree to 
serve as health care professionals serving popu-
lations with rare diseases or conditions in consider-
ation of the Federal Government agreeing to pay, 
for each year of such service, up to $50,000 (plus 
an amount determined by the Secretary on an an-
nual basis to reflect inflation) of the principal and 
interest of the educational loans of such individuals. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—In making 
a determination of the amount to pay for a year of 
such service by an individual, the Secretary shall 
consider the extent to which each such determina-
tion— 
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‘‘(A) affects the ability of the Secretary to 
maximize the number of contracts that can be 
provided under the program from the amounts 
appropriated for such contracts; 
‘‘(B) provides an incentive to serve as 
health care professionals serving populations 
with rare diseases or conditions; and 
‘‘(C) provides an incentive with respect to 
the health professional involved to remain serv-
ing populations with rare diseases or conditions, 
including after the completion of the period of 
obligated service under the program. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means an indi-
vidual who is enrolled or accepted for enrollment as 
a full-time or part-time student in a school of medi-
cine. 
‘‘(4) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
PROVI-
SIONS.—With respect to the National Health Service 
Corps Loan Repayment Program established in sub-
part III of part D of title III of this Act, the provi-
sions of such subpart shall, except as inconsistent 
with paragraph (1), apply to the program estab-
lished in this section in the same manner and to the 
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same extent as such provisions apply to the National 
Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. 
‘‘(b) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a program of entering into contracts with eligi-
ble individuals under which each such individual 
agrees to serve, for a period of not less than 5 years, 
as a health care professional primarily serving popu-
lations with rare diseases or conditions, in consider-
ation of the Federal Government agreeing to provide 
to the individual a scholarship for attendance at a 
school of medicine. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means an indi-
vidual who is enrolled or accepted for enrollment as 
a full-time or part-time student in a school of medi-
cine. 
‘‘(3) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
PROVI-
SIONS.—The provisions of subpart III of part D of 
title III shall, except as inconsistent with this sec-
tion, apply to the program established in paragraph 
(1) in the same manner and to the same extent as 
such provisions apply to the National Health Service 
Corps Scholarship Program established in such sub-
part.’’. 
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SEC. 6. INCREASING MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN RE-
SEARCH ON RARE DISEASES AND CONDI-
TIONS. 
Part G of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 487E. INCREASING MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN 
RESEARCH ON RARE DISEASES AND CONDI-
TIONS. 
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—In carrying out section 487, 
the Secretary may award grants to eligible entities in-
volved in research on rare diseases and minority health 
to establish programs to increase the recruitment and re-
tention of members of minority groups to conduct research 
in matters relating to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and 
treatment of rare diseases or conditions, including by ex-
panding the number of internships and mentoring oppor-
tunities. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In subsection (a), the 
term ‘eligible entities’ means accredited schools of 
allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, and nursing, 
and other health professional training programs.’’. 
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