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(4) to ensure that research to improve adher-
ence to HIV care and treatment programs address 
the unique concerns of women; 
(5) to integrate HIV/AIDS prevention and care 
services with mental health and substance use pre-
vention and treatment delivery systems; and 
(6) to increase knowledge on the implementa-
tion of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), including 
with respect to— 
(A) who can benefit most from PrEP; 
(B) how to provide PrEP safely and effi-
ciently; 
(C) how to integrate PrEP with other es-
sential prevention methods such as condoms; 
and 
(D) how to ensure high levels of adherence. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2017 
through 2021. 
SEC. 747. SERVICES TO REDUCE HIV/AIDS IN RACIAL AND 
ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of reducing HIV/ 
AIDS in racial and ethnic minority communities, the Sec-
retary, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
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Minority Health, may make grants to public health agen-
cies and faith-based organizations to conduct— 
(1) outreach activities related to HIV/AIDS 
prevention and testing activities; 
(2) HIV/AIDS prevention activities; and 
(3) HIV/AIDS testing activities. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2017 
through 2021. 
SEC. 748. MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE. 
(a) EXPANDED FUNDING.—The Secretary, in col-
laboration with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minor-
ity Health, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, the Administrator of the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration, and the Adminis-
trator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, shall provide funds and carry out activi-
ties to expand the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The additional funds made 
available under this section may be used, through the Mi-
nority AIDS Initiative, to support the following activities: 
(1) Providing technical assistance and infra-
structure support to reduce HIV/AIDS in minority 
populations. 
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(2) Increasing minority populations’ access to 
HIV/AIDS prevention and care services. 
(3) Building strong community programs and 
partnerships to address HIV prevention and the 
health care needs of specific racial and ethnic minor-
ity populations. 
(c) PRIORITY INTERVENTIONS.—Within the racial 
and ethnic minority populations referred to in subsection 
(b), priority in conducting intervention services shall be 
given to— 
(1) men who have sex with men; 
(2) youth; 
(3) persons who engage in intravenous drug 
abuse; 
(4) women; 
(5) homeless individuals; and 
(6) individuals incarcerated or in the penal sys-
tem. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For car-
rying out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $610,000,0000 for fiscal year 2017 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2018 through 
2021. 
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SEC. 749. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS TREATING INDI-
VIDUALS WITH HIV/AIDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the 
Health Resources and Services Administration, shall ex-
pand, intensify, and coordinate workforce initiatives of the 
Health Resources and Services Administration to increase 
the capacity of the health workforce focusing primarily on 
HIV/AIDS to meet the demand for culturally competent 
care, and may award grants for any of the following: 
(1) Development of curricula for training pri-
mary care providers in HIV/AIDS prevention and 
care, including routine HIV testing. 
(2) Support to expand access to culturally and 
linguistically accessible benefits counselors, trained 
peer navigators, and mental and behavioral health 
professionals with expertise in HIV/AIDS. 
(3) Training health care professionals to pro-
vide care to individuals with HIV/AIDS. 
(4) Development by grant recipients under title 
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300ff–11 et seq.; commonly referred to as the Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Program) and other persons, of 
policies for providing culturally relevant and sen-
sitive treatment to individuals with HIV/AIDS, with 
particular emphasis on treatment to racial and eth-
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nic minorities, men who have sex with men, and 
women, young people, and children with HIV/AIDS. 
(5) Development and implementation of pro-
grams to increase the use of telehealth to respond to 
HIV/AIDS-specific health care needs in rural and 
minority communities, with particular emphasis 
given to medically underserved communities and in-
sular areas. 
(6) Evaluating interdisciplinary medical pro-
vider care team models that promote high quality 
care, with particular emphasis on care to racial and 
ethnic minorities. 
(7) Training health care professionals to make 
them aware of the high rates of chronic hepatitis B 
and chronic hepatitis C in adult racial and ethnic 
populations, and the importance of prevention, de-
tection, and medical management of hepatitis B and 
hepatitis C and of liver cancer screening. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2017 
through 2021. 
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SEC. 750. HIV/AIDS PROVIDER LOAN REPAYMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter into an 
agreement with any physician, nurse practitioner, or phy-
sician assistant under which— 
(1) the physician, nurse practitioner, or physi-
cian assistant agrees to serve as a medical provider 
for a period of not less than 2 years— 
(A) at a Ryan White-funded or title X- 
funded facility with a critical shortage of doc-
tors (as determined by the Secretary); or 
(B) in an area with a high incidence of 
HIV/AIDS; and 
(2) the Secretary agrees to make payments in 
accordance with subsection (b) on the professional 
education loans of the physician, nurse practitioner, 
or physician assistant. 
(b) MANNER
OF PAYMENTS.—The payments de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be made by the Secretary 
as follows: 
(1) Upon completion by the physician, nurse 
practitioner, or physician assistant for whom the 
payments are to be made of the first year of the 
service specified in the agreement entered into with 
the Secretary under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall pay 30 percent of the principal of and the in-
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(3) The term ‘‘physician’’ means a graduate of 
a school of medicine who has completed post-
graduate training in general or pediatric medicine. 
(4) The term ‘‘physician assistant’’ means a 
medical provider who completed an accredited physi-
cian assistant training program and successfully 
passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying 
Examination. 
(5) The term ‘‘professional education loan’’— 
(A) means a loan that is incurred for the 
cost of attendance (including tuition, other rea-
sonable educational expenses, and reasonable 
living costs) at a school of medicine, nursing, or 
physician assistant training program; and 
(B) includes only the portion of the loan 
that is outstanding on the date the physician, 
nurse practitioner, or physician assistant in-
volved begins the service specified in the agree-
ment under subsection (a). 
(6) The term ‘‘Ryan White-funded’’ means, 
with respect to a facility, receiving funds under title 
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300ff–11 et seq.). 
(7) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
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(8) The term ‘‘school of medicine’’ has the 
meaning given to that term in section 799B of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p). 
(9) The term ‘‘title X-funded’’ means, with re-
spect to a facility, receiving funds under title X of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et 
seq.). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2017 
through 2021. 
SEC. 751. DENTAL EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may enter into an agreement with any 
dentist under which— 
(1) the dentist agrees to serve as a dentist for 
a period of not less than 2 years at a facility with 
a critical shortage of dentists (as determined by the 
Secretary) in an area with a high incidence of HIV/ 
AIDS; and 
(2) the Secretary agrees to make payments in 
accordance with subsection (b) on the dental edu-
cation loans of the dentist. 
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(b) MANNER
OF PAYMENTS.—The payments de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be made by the Secretary 
as follows: 
(1) Upon completion by the dentist for whom 
the payments are to be made of the first year of the 
service specified in the agreement entered into with 
the Secretary under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall pay 30 percent of the principal of and the in-
terest on the dental education loans of the dentist. 
(2) Upon completion by the dentist of the sec-
ond year of such service, the Secretary shall pay an-
other 30 percent of the principal of and the interest 
on such loans. 
(3) Upon completion by that individual of a 
third year of such service, the Secretary shall pay 
another 25 percent of the principal of and the inter-
est on such loans. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—The 
provisions of subpart III of part D of title III of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l et seq.) shall, except 
as inconsistent with this section, apply to the program car-
ried out under this section in the same manner and to 
the same extent as such provisions apply to the National 
Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. 
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(d) REPORTS.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress 
a report describing the program carried out under this sec-
tion, including statements regarding the following: 
(1) The number of dentists enrolled in the pro-
gram. 
(2) The number and amount of loan repay-
ments. 
(3) The placement location of loan repayment 
recipients at facilities described in subsection (a)(1). 
(4) The default rate and actions required. 
(5) The amount of outstanding default funds. 
(6) To the extent that it can be determined, the 
reason for the default. 
(7) The demographics of individuals partici-
pating in the program. 
(8) An evaluation of the overall costs and bene-
fits of the program. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘dental education loan’’— 
(A) means a loan that is incurred for the 
cost of attendance (including tuition, other rea-
sonable educational expenses, and reasonable 
living costs) at a school of dentistry; and 
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(B) includes only the portion of the loan 
that is outstanding on the date the dentist in-
volved begins the service specified in the agree-
ment under subsection (a). 
(2) The term ‘‘dentist’’ means a graduate of a 
school of dentistry who has completed postgraduate 
training in general or pediatric dentistry. 
(3) The term ‘‘HIV/AIDS’’ means human im-
munodeficiency virus and acquired immune defi-
ciency syndrome. 
(4) The term ‘‘school of dentistry’’ has the 
meaning given to that term in section 799B of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p). 
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2017 through 2021. 
SEC. 752. REDUCING NEW HIV INFECTIONS AMONG INJECT-
ING DRUG USERS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that providing sterile syringes and sterilized equip-
ment to injecting drug users substantially reduces risk of 
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HIV infection, increases the probability that they will ini-
tiate drug treatment, and does not increase drug use. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may provide grants and technical assist-
ance for the purpose of reducing the rate of HIV infections 
among injecting drug users through a comprehensive 
package of services for such users, including the provision 
of sterile syringes, education and outreach, access to infec-
tious disease testing, overdose prevention, and treatment 
for drug dependence. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2017 
through 2021. 
SEC. 753. SUPPORT FOR EXPANSION OF COMPREHENSIVE 
SEXUAL 
HEALTH 
AND 
EDUCATION 
PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) federally funded sex education programs 
should aim to— 
(A) reduce unintended pregnancy and sex-
ually transmitted infections, including HIV; 
(B) promote safe and healthy relation-
ships; 
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