I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9005 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to award grants to Hispanic-serving institutions, 
historically Black colleges and universities, Asian American and Native 
American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges or Univer-
sities, regional community-based organizations, and national minority 
medical associations, for counseling, mentoring and providing information 
on financial assistance to prepare underrepresented minority individuals 
to enroll in and graduate from health professional schools and to increase 
services for underrepresented minority students, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2020 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services to award grants 
to Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black col-
leges and universities, Asian American and Native Amer-
ican Pacific Islander-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges 
or Universities, regional community-based organizations, 
and national minority medical associations, for coun-
seling, mentoring and providing information on financial 
assistance to prepare underrepresented minority individ-
uals to enroll in and graduate from health professional 
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schools and to increase services for underrepresented mi-
nority students, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Workforce Di-
versity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, HISTORICALLY 
BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, ASIAN 
AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC 
ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, TRIBAL 
COLLEGES, 
REGIONAL 
COMMUNITY-BASED 
ORGANIZATIONS, AND NATIONAL MINORITY 
MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title VII of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 742. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, HISTORI-
CALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, 
ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PA-
CIFIC 
ISLANDER-SERVING 
INSTITUTIONS, 
AND TRIBAL COLLEGES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration and in consultation with the Secretary of 
Education, shall award grants to Hispanic-serving institu-
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tions, historically Black colleges and universities, Asian 
American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving 
institutions, Tribal Colleges or Universities, regional com-
munity-based organizations, and national minority med-
ical associations, for counseling, mentoring and providing 
information on financial assistance to prepare underrep-
resented minority individuals to enroll in and graduate 
from health professional schools and to increase services 
for underrepresented minority students including— 
‘‘(1) mentoring with underrepresented health 
professionals; and 
‘‘(2) providing financial assistance information 
for continued education and applications to health 
professional schools. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN 
PACIFIC
ISLANDER-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Asian American and Native American Pacific 
Islander-serving institution’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 320(b) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965. 
‘‘(2) 
HISPANIC-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ means an entity 
that— 
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‘‘(A) is a school or program for which 
there is a definition under section 799B; 
‘‘(B) has an enrollment of full-time equiva-
lent students that is made up of at least 9 per-
cent Hispanic students; 
‘‘(C) has been effective in carrying out pro-
grams to recruit Hispanic individuals to enroll 
in and graduate from the school; 
‘‘(D) has been effective in recruiting and 
retaining Hispanic faculty members; 
‘‘(E) has a significant number of graduates 
who are providing health services to medically 
underserved populations or to individuals in 
health professional shortage areas; and 
‘‘(F) is a Hispanic Center of Excellence in 
Health Professions Education designated under 
section 736(d)(2) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 293(d)(2)). 
‘‘(3) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘historically Black college and 
university’ has the meaning given the term ‘part B 
institution’ as defined in section 322 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(4) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning 
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