TITLE II—HEALTH WORKFORCE 
DIVERSITY 
SEC. 201. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
ACT. 
Title XXX of the Public Health Service Act, as added 
by section 101, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Subtitle A—Diversifying the 
Health Care Workplace 
‘‘SEC. 3011. REPORT ON WORKFORCE DIVERSITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2008, and 
biannually thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the 
director of each entity within the Department of Health 
and Human Services, shall prepare and submit to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives a report on health work-
force diversity. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT.—The report under subsection 
(a) shall contain the following information: 
‘‘(1) A description of any grant support that is 
provided by each entity for workforce diversity ini-
tiatives with the following information— 
‘‘(A) the number of grants made; 
‘‘(B) the purpose of the grants; 
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‘‘(C) the populations served through the 
grants; 
‘‘(D) the organizations and institutions re-
ceiving the grants, including specification of the 
number of Hispanic health professions schools 
and minority-serving institutions; and 
‘‘(E) the tracking efforts that were used to 
follow the progress of participants. 
‘‘(2) A description of the entity’s plan to 
achieve workforce diversity goals that includes, to 
the extent relevant to such entity— 
‘‘(A) the number of underrepresented mi-
nority health professionals that will be needed 
in various disciplines over the next 10 years to 
achieve population parity; 
‘‘(B) the level of funding needed to fully 
expand and adequately support health profes-
sions pipeline programs; 
‘‘(C) the impact such programs have had 
on the admissions practices and policies of 
health professions schools; 
‘‘(D) the management strategy necessary 
to effectively administer and institutionalize 
health profession pipeline programs; 
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‘‘(E) the impact that the Government Per-
formance and Results Act (GPRA) has had on 
evaluating the performance of grantees and 
whether the GPRA is the best assessment tool 
for programs under titles VII and VIII; and 
‘‘(F) an examination of the role and sup-
port for minority-serving institutions and His-
panic health professions schools in training mi-
nority health professionals and in increasing 
their representation at all levels in the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services. 
‘‘(3) A description of measurable objectives of 
each entity relating to workforce diversity initiatives. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall be made available for public review and 
comment. 
‘‘SEC. 3012. TECHNICAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR HEALTH 
WORKFORCE DIVERSITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Office of Minority Health, and in collaboration with 
the Bureau of Health Professions within the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration, shall establish a 
technical clearinghouse on health workforce diversity with-
in the Office of Minority Health and coordinate current 
and future clearinghouses. 
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‘‘(b) INFORMATION AND SERVICES.—The clearing-
house established under subsection (a) shall offer the fol-
lowing information and services: 
‘‘(1) Information on the importance of health 
workforce diversity. 
‘‘(2) Statistical information relating to under-
represented minority representation in health and al-
lied health professions and occupations. 
‘‘(3) Model health workforce diversity practices 
and programs. 
‘‘(4) Admissions policies that promote health 
workforce diversity and are in compliance with Fed-
eral and State laws. 
‘‘(5) Lists of scholarship, loan repayment, and 
loan cancellation grants as well as fellowship infor-
mation for underserved populations for health pro-
fessions schools. 
‘‘(6) Foundation and other large organizational 
initiatives relating to health workforce diversity. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall consult with non-Federal entities, 
which shall include minority health professional associa-
tions to help ensure thoroughness and accuracy of infor-
mation. 
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‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2008 through 2013. 
‘‘SEC. 3013. EVALUATION OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY INI-
TIATIVES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Bureau of Health Professions within the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration, shall award grants 
to eligible entities for the conduct of an evaluation of cur-
rent health workforce diversity initiatives funded by the 
Department of Health and Human Services. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a) an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) be a city, county, Indian tribe, State, terri-
tory, 
community-based 
nonprofit 
organization, 
health center, university, college, or other entity de-
termined appropriate by the Secretary; 
‘‘(2) with respect to an entity that is not an 
academic medical center, university, or private re-
search institution, carry out activities under the 
grant in partnership with an academic medical cen-
ter, university, or private research institution; and 
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