SEC. 207. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM OF THE CENTERS 
FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
Section 317F(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247b–7(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1994,’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period the following: 
‘‘$750,000 for fiscal year 2007, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012.’’. 
SEC. 208. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR ONLINE DE-
GREE PROGRAMS AT SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC 
HEALTH AND SCHOOLS OF ALLIED HEALTH. 
Part B of title VII of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 293 et seq.), as amended by section 204, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 743. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR ONLINE DE-
GREE PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary, 
acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources 
and Services Administration, in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority 
Health Disparity Elimination, shall award cooperative 
agreements to schools of public health and schools of allied 
health to design and implement online degree programs. 
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‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding cooperative agreements 
under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to any 
school of public health or school of allied health that has 
an established track record of serving medically under-
served communities. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—Awardees must design and 
implement an online degree program, that meet the fol-
lowing restrictions: 
‘‘(1) Enrollment of individuals who have ob-
tained a secondary school diploma or its recognized 
equivalent. 
‘‘(2) Maintaining a significant enrollment of 
underrepresented minority or disadvantaged stu-
dents. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2012.’’. 
SEC. 209. MID-CAREER HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOLAR-
SHIP PROGRAM. 
Part B of title VII of the Public Health Service Act 
(as amended by section 208) is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 744. MID-CAREER HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOLAR-
SHIP PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to eligible schools for awarding scholarships to eligible in-
dividuals to attend the school involved, for the purpose of 
enabling the individuals to make a career change from a 
non-health profession to a health profession. 
‘‘(b) EXPENSES.—Amounts awarded as a scholarship 
under this section— 
‘‘(1) subject to paragraph (2), may be expended 
only for tuition expenses, other reasonable edu-
cational expenses, and reasonable living expenses in-
curred in the attendance of the school involved; and 
‘‘(2) may be expended for stipends to eligible 
individuals for the enrolled period at eligible schools, 
except that such a stipend may not be provided to 
an individual for more than 4 years, and such a sti-
pend may not exceed $35,000 per year (notwith-
standing any other provision of law regarding the 
amount of stipends). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
SCHOOL.—The term ‘eligible 
school’ means a school of medicine, osteopathic med-
icine, dentistry, nursing (as defined in section 801), 
pharmacy, podiatric medicine, optometry, veterinary 
medicine, public health, chiropractic, or allied health, 
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a school offering a graduate program in mental and 
behavioral health practice, or an entity providing 
programs for the training of physician assistants. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ means an individual who has obtained a 
secondary school diploma or its recognized equiva-
lent. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In providing scholarships to eligible 
individuals, eligible schools shall give to individuals from 
disadvantaged backgrounds. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2012.’’. 
SEC. 
210. 
STRENGTHENING 
AND 
EXPANDING 
RURAL 
HEALTH PROVIDER NETWORKS. 
Section 330A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254c) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) RURAL MINORITY, BORDER, AND INDIAN 
POPULATIONS.—In making grants under this sec-
tion, the Director of the Office of Rural Health Pol-
icy of the Health Resources and Services Adminis-
tration, in coordination with the Director of the In-
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dian Health Service and the Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary for Minority Health Disparity Elimination, 
shall make grants to entities that serve rural minor-
ity, border, and Indian populations. 
‘‘(5) 
DIVERSITY
HEALTH
TRAINING
PRO-
GRAMS.—The Director of the Office of Rural Health 
Policy of the Health Resources and Services Admin-
istration, in coordination with the Director of the In-
dian Health Service and the Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary for Minority Health Disparity Elimination, 
shall coordinate the awarding of grants under this 
section with the awarding of grants and contracts 
under section 765 to connect and integrate diversity 
health training programs.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (k), as redesignated by this 
section, by striking ‘‘and such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2005, and 
$60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 
2010’’. 
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SEC. 211. NATIONAL REPORT ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF 
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO CARE FOR DI-
VERSE POPULATIONS. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
include in the report prepared under section 1707(c) of 
the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 404 
of this Act), information relating to the preparedness of 
health professionals to care for racially and ethnically di-
verse populations. Such information, which shall be col-
lected by the Bureau of Health Professions, shall in-
clude— 
(1) with respect to health professions education, 
the number and percentage of hours of classroom 
discussion relating to minority health issues, includ-
ing cultural competence; 
(2) a description of the coursework involved in 
such education; 
(3) a description of the results of an evaluation 
of the preparedness of students in such education; 
(4) a description of the types of exposure that 
students have during their education to minority pa-
tient populations; and 
(5) a description of model programs and prac-
tices. 
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SEC. 212. SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 
Subtitle A of title XXIX of the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended by section 201, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 
2920B. 
DAVID 
SATCHER 
PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
AND 
HEALTH SERVICES CORPS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration and Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in col-
laboration with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minor-
ity Health Disparity Elimination, shall award grants to 
eligible entities to increase awareness among post-primary 
and post-secondary students of career opportunities in the 
health professions. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a) an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) be a clinical, public health or health serv-
ices organization, community-based or non-profit en-
tity, or other entity determined appropriate by the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention; 
‘‘(2) serve a health professional shortage area, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) work with students, including those from 
racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, that have 
expressed an interest in the health professions; and 
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‘‘(4) submit to the Secretary an application at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(c) USE
OF FUNDS.—Grant awards under sub-
section (a) shall be used to support internships that will 
increase awareness among students of non-research based 
and career opportunities in the following health profes-
sions: 
‘‘(1) Medicine. 
‘‘(2) Nursing. 
‘‘(3) Public Health. 
‘‘(4) Pharmacy. 
‘‘(5) Health Administration and Management. 
‘‘(6) Health Policy. 
‘‘(7) Psychology. 
‘‘(8) Dentistry. 
‘‘(9) International Health. 
‘‘(10) Social Work. 
‘‘(11) Allied Health. 
‘‘(12) Hospice. 
‘‘(13) Other professions deemed appropriate by 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under sub-
section (a), the Director of the Centers for Disease Con-
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trol and Prevention shall give priority to those entities 
that— 
‘‘(1) serve a high proportion of individuals from 
disadvantaged backgrounds; 
‘‘(2) have experience in health disparity elimi-
nation programs; 
‘‘(3) facilitate the entry of disadvantaged indi-
viduals into institutions of higher education; and 
‘‘(4) provide counseling or other services de-
signed to assist disadvantaged individuals in success-
fully completing their education at the post-sec-
ondary level. 
‘‘(e) STIPENDS.—The Secretary may approve sti-
pends under this section for individuals for any period of 
education in student-enhancement programs (other than 
regular courses) at health professions schools, programs, 
or entities, except that such a stipend may not be provided 
to an individual for more than 6 months, and such a sti-
pend may not exceed $20 per day (notwithstanding any 
other provision of law regarding the amount of stipends). 
‘‘(f) 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 
2007 through 2012. 
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‘‘SEC. 2920C. LOUIS STOKES PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOLARS 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health Disparity 
Elimination, shall award scholarships to postsecondary 
students who seek a career in public health. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a schol-
arship under subsection (a) an individual shall— 
‘‘(1) have experience in public health research 
or public health practice, or other health professions 
as determined appropriate by the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 
‘‘(2) reside in a health professional shortage 
area as determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) have expressed an interest in public health; 
‘‘(4) demonstrate promise for becoming a leader 
in public health; 
‘‘(5) secure admission to a 4-year institution of 
higher education; 
‘‘(6) comply with subsection (f); and 
‘‘(7) submit to the Secretary an application at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary may require. 
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