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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2946 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a grant to a qualified 
youth-serving organization for recruiting and preparing students for ca-
reers and volunteer opportunities as future health care professionals, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2009 
Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself and Ms. GRANGER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a 
grant to a qualified youth-serving organization for re-
cruiting and preparing students for careers and volunteer 
opportunities as future health care professionals, 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 Care Profes-
sional Pipeline Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. RECRUITING AND PREPARING FUTURE HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
Title XXVIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300hhb et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 2814 and 2815 as 
sections 2815 and 2816; and 
(2) by inserting after section 2813 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 2814. RECRUITING AND PREPARING FUTURE HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to re-
cruit and prepare more than 500,000 students in sec-
ondary schools, institutions of higher education, and con-
tinuing education programs for careers as future health 
care professionals by the year 2014 including volunteer 
opportunities in the Public Health Service and the Medical 
Reserve Corps under section 2813. 
‘‘(b) 
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS
PIPELINE 
GRANT.—The Secretary shall make a grant to a qualified 
youth serving organization for establishing and expanding 
emergency preparedness pipelines consisting of— 
‘‘(1) health science curricula in secondary 
schools, institutions of higher education, and con-
tinuing education programs that prepare students 
for careers as future health care professionals; and 
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‘‘(2) 
school-based 
emergency 
preparedness 
chapters described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) SCHOOL-BASED EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 
CHAPTERS.—A school-based emergency preparedness 
chapter described in this subsection must meet each of the 
following: 
‘‘(1) The chapter is administered by a qualified 
youth-serving organization. 
‘‘(2) The chapter recruits and prepares stu-
dents for Federal, State, community, and school 
public health emergencies under the administration 
of a qualified youth serving organization. 
‘‘(3) The emergency preparedness training of 
the chapter— 
‘‘(A) is implemented uniformly; 
‘‘(B) is coordinated with and integrated 
into the health science curriculum of the school 
involved; and 
‘‘(C) is provided through certified health 
science instructors serving as chapter advisors. 
‘‘(d) NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Each year, the Secretary shall 
make a grant to a qualified youth-serving organiza-
tion to conduct a national leadership conference. 
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‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.—A national leadership 
conference funded through a grant under this sub-
section shall include representatives of— 
‘‘(A) health science programs in secondary 
schools, institutions of higher education, and 
continuing education programs; 
‘‘(B) school-based emergency preparedness 
chapters; and 
‘‘(C) the Medical Reserve Corps under sec-
tion 2813. 
‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES.—The activities of a national 
leadership conference funded through a grant under 
this subsection shall include general sessions, work-
shops, competitive events (including at least 5 
knowledge- and skill-based demonstrations), and a 
recognition program. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘institution of higher education’ 
has the meaning given to that term in section 101 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘qualified youth-serving organi-
zation’ means a nonprofit organization that— 
‘‘(A) prepares youth exclusively for career 
entry and advancement opportunities in the 
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