‘‘(3) 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.—Amounts awarded under a 
grant under subsection (a) shall be used to support the 
following evaluation activities: 
‘‘(1) Determinations of measures of health 
workforce diversity success. 
‘‘(2) Assessments of the effects of health work-
force diversity on quality, including— 
‘‘(A) language access; 
‘‘(B) cultural competence; 
‘‘(C) patient satisfaction; 
‘‘(D) timeliness of care; 
‘‘(E) safety of care; 
‘‘(F) effectiveness of care; 
‘‘(G) efficiency of care; 
‘‘(H) patient outcomes; 
‘‘(I) community engagement; 
‘‘(J) resource allocation; 
‘‘(K) organizational structure; and 
‘‘(L) other topics determined appropriate 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) The short- and long-term tracking of par-
ticipants in health workforce diversity pipeline pro-
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grams funded by the Department of Health and 
Human Services. 
‘‘(4) 
Assessments 
of 
partnerships 
formed 
through activities to increase health workforce diver-
sity. 
‘‘(5) Assessments of barriers to health work-
force diversity. 
‘‘(6) Assessments of policy changes at the Fed-
eral, State, and local levels. 
‘‘(7) Assessments of coordination within and be-
tween Federal agencies and other institutions. 
‘‘(8) Other activities determined appropriate by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this title, the Bureau of Health Profes-
sions within the Health Resources and Services Adminis-
tration shall prepare and make available for public com-
ment a report that summarizes the findings made by enti-
ties under grants under this section. 
‘‘(e) 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. 
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‘‘SEC. 
3014. 
DATA 
COLLECTION 
AND 
REPORTING 
BY 
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Bureau of Health Professions of the Health Resources 
and Services Administration and the Office of Minority 
Health, shall establish an aggregated database on health 
professional students. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT
TO
COLLECT
DATA.—Each 
health professional school (including medical, dental, and 
nursing schools) and allied health profession school and 
program that receives Federal funds shall collect race, eth-
nicity, and language proficiency data concerning those stu-
dents enrolled at such schools or in such programs. In col-
lecting such data, a school or program shall— 
‘‘(1) at a minimum, use the categories for race 
and ethnicity described in the 1997 Office of Man-
agement and Budget Standards for Maintaining, 
Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race 
and Ethnicity and available language standards; and 
‘‘(2) if practicable, collect data on additional 
population groups if such data can be aggregated 
into the minimum race and ethnicity data categories. 
‘‘(c) USE OF DATA.—Data on race, ethnicity, and 
primary language collected under this section shall be re-
ported to the database established under subsection (a) 
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on an annual basis. Such data shall be available for public 
use. 
‘‘(d) PRIVACY.—The Secretary shall ensure that all 
data collected under this section is protected from inap-
propriate internal and external use by any entity that col-
lects, stores, or receives the data and that such data is 
collected without personally identifiable information. 
‘‘(e) 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. 3015. SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONS COMMITTED TO 
WORKFORCE DIVERSITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, shall award grants to eligible entities that 
demonstrate a commitment to health workforce diversity. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) be an educational institution or entity that 
historically produces or trains meaningful numbers 
of underrepresented minority health professionals, 
including— 
‘‘(A) Historically Black Colleges and Uni-
versities; 
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‘‘(B) Hispanic-serving health professions 
schools; 
‘‘(C) Hispanic-serving institutions; 
‘‘(D) Tribal Colleges and Universities; 
‘‘(E) Asian American and Pacific Islander- 
serving institutions; 
‘‘(F) institutions that have programs to re-
cruit and retain underrepresented minority 
health professionals, in which a significant 
number of the enrolled participants are under-
represented minorities; 
‘‘(G) 
health 
professional 
associations, 
which may include underrepresented minority 
health professional associations; and 
‘‘(H) institutions— 
‘‘(i) located in communities with pre-
dominantly underrepresented minority pop-
ulations; 
‘‘(ii) with whom partnerships have 
been formed for the purpose of increasing 
workforce diversity; and 
‘‘(iii) in which at least 20 percent of 
the enrolled participants are underrep-
resented minorities; and 
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‘‘(2) 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.—Amounts received under a 
grant under subsection (a) shall be used to expand existing 
workforce diversity programs, implement new workforce 
diversity programs, or evaluate existing or new workforce 
diversity programs, including with respect to mental as 
well as oral health care professions. Such programs shall 
enhance diversity by considering minority status as part 
of an individualized consideration of qualifications. Pos-
sible activities may include— 
‘‘(1) educational outreach programs relating to 
opportunities in the health professions; 
‘‘(2) scholarship, fellowship, grant, and loan re-
payment programs; 
‘‘(3) post-baccalaureate programs; 
‘‘(4) academic enrichment programs, particu-
larly targeting those who would not be competitive 
for health professions schools; 
‘‘(5) kindergarten through 12th grade and 
other health pipeline programs; 
‘‘(6) mentoring programs; 
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‘‘(7) internship or rotation programs involving 
hospitals, health systems, health plans and other 
health entities; 
‘‘(8) community partnership development for 
purposes relating to workforce diversity; or 
‘‘(9) leadership training. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after receiving 
a grant under this section, and annually for the term of 
the grant, a grantee shall submit to the Secretary a report 
that summarizes and evaluates all activities conducted 
under the grant. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘Asian 
American and Pacific Islander-serving institutions’ means 
institutions— 
‘‘(1) that are eligible institutions under section 
312(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965; and 
‘‘(2) that, at the time of their application, have 
an enrollment of undergraduate students that is 
made up of at least 10 percent Asian American and 
Pacific Islander students. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013. 
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‘‘SEC. 3016. CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR SCIENTISTS AND 
RESEARCHERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and the Director 
of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, shall 
award grants that expand existing opportunities for sci-
entists and researchers and promote the inclusion of 
underrepresented minorities in the health professions. 
‘‘(b) RESEARCH FUNDING.—The head of each entity 
within the Department of Health and Human Services 
shall establish or expand existing programs to provide re-
search funding to scientists and researchers in-training. 
Under such programs, the head of each such entity shall 
give priority in allocating research funding to support 
health research in traditionally underserved communities, 
including underrepresented minority communities, and re-
search classified as community or participatory. 
‘‘(c) DATA COLLECTION.—The head of each entity 
within the Department of Health and Human Services 
shall collect data on the number (expressed as an absolute 
number and a percentage) of underrepresented minority 
and nonminority applicants who receive and are denied 
agency funding at every stage of review. Such data shall 
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be reported annually to the Secretary and the appropriate 
committees of Congress. 
‘‘(d) STUDENT LOAN REIMBURSEMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall establish a student loan reimbursement pro-
gram to provide student loan reimbursement assistance to 
researchers who focus on racial and ethnic disparities in 
health. The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to de-
fine the scope and procedures for the program under this 
subsection. 
‘‘SEC. 
3017. 
CAREER 
SUPPORT 
FOR 
NON-RESEARCH 
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, the Administrator 
of the Health Resources and Services Administration, and 
the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services shall establish a program to award grants to eligi-
ble individuals for career support, including leadership 
training, in non-research-related health care. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a) an individual shall— 
‘‘(1) be a student in a health professions school, 
a graduate of such a school who is working in a 
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health profession, or a faculty member of such a 
school; and 
‘‘(2) 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.—An individual shall use 
amounts received under a grant under this section to— 
‘‘(1) support the individual’s health activities or 
projects that involve underserved communities, in-
cluding rural communities and racial and ethnic mi-
nority communities; 
‘‘(2) support health-related career advancement 
activities; and 
‘‘(3) to pay, or as reimbursement for payments 
of, student loans for individuals who are health pro-
fessionals and are focused on health issues affecting 
underserved communities, including rural commu-
nities and racial and ethnic minority communities. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘career 
in non-research-related health care’ means employment or 
intended employment in the field of public health, health 
policy, health management, health administration, medi-
cine, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, community health, 
or other fields determined appropriate by the Secretary, 
other than in a position that involves research. 
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‘‘(e) 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. 
3018. 
CULTURAL 
COMPETENCE 
TRAINING 
FOR 
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mi-
nority Health, and the Director of the National Center 
for Minority Health and Health Disparities, shall award 
grants to eligible entities to test, implement, and evaluate 
models of cultural competence training, including con-
tinuing education, for health care providers. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) be an academic medical center, a health 
center or clinic, a hospital, a health plan, a health 
system, or a health care professional guild (including 
a mental health care professional guild); 
‘‘(2) partner with a minority-serving institution, 
minority health professional association, or commu-
nity-based organization representing minority popu-
lations, in addition to a research institution to carry 
out activities under this grant; and 
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