IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3728 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 24, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize certain programs relating to the health pro-
fessions workforce, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Educating Medical 
Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and 
Readiness Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘EMPOWER Act of 
2018’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS 
WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. 
(a) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.—Subsection (i) of 
section 736 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
293) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $23,711,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023.’’. 
(b) HEALTH PROFESSIONS TRAINING FOR DIVER-
SITY.—Section 740 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 293d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$51,000,000 
for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$48,970,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2023’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,190,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$60,000,000 
for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$14,189,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2023’’. 
(c) PRIMARY
CARE
TRAINING
AND
ENHANCE-
MENT.—Section 747(c)(1) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 293k(c)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$125,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$48,924,000 for each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2023’’. 
(d) TRAINING IN GENERAL, PEDIATRIC, AND PUBLIC 
HEALTH
DENTISTRY.—Section 748(f) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293k–2(f)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,673,000 for each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2023’’. 
(e) AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS.—Section 
751(j)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
294a(j)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$125,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘$38,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023’’. 
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(f) NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE WORK-
FORCE ANALYSIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 761(e)(1)(A) of the 
Public 
Health 
Service 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
294n(e)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘$7,500,000 
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$5,663,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023’’. 
(2) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Section 
761(e)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 294n(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 
(g) PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE.—Section 770(a) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295e(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$43,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2012 through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘$17,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’. 
SEC. 3. EDUCATION AND TRAINING RELATING TO GERI-
ATRICS. 
Section 753 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 294c) is amended to read as follows: 
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