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to eligible entities to test, implement, and evaluate models 
of cultural competence training, including continuing edu-
cation, for healthcare providers in coordination with the 
initiative under section 3120(a). 
‘‘(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 professional association, or community- 
based organization representing minority popu-
lations, in addition to a research institution to carry 
out activities under this grant; and 
‘‘(3) prepare and submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
‘‘(c) 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 
2010 through 2015.’’. 
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SEC. 202. HEALTH CAREERS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
diversify the healthcare workforce by increasing the num-
ber of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds in the 
health and allied health professions by enhancing the aca-
demic skills of students from disadvantaged backgrounds 
and supporting them in successfully competing, entering, 
and graduating from health professions training pro-
grams. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
740(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
293d(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘$29,400,000’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 
for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015’’. 
SEC. 203. PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH PROFES-
SIONS 
EDUCATION 
FOR 
UNDERREP-
RESENTED MINORITIES. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
diversify the healthcare workforce by supporting programs 
of excellence in designated health professions schools that 
demonstrate a commitment to underrepresented minority 
populations with a focus on minority health issues, cul-
tural and linguistic competence, and eliminating health 
disparities. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATION.—Section 
736(h)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
293(h)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
For the purpose of making grants under subsection 
(a), there are authorized to be appropriated 
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 
through 2015.’’. 
SEC. 
204. 
HISPANIC-SERVING 
HEALTH 
PROFESSIONS 
SCHOOLS. 
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 
HEALTH 
PROFESSIONS 
SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, shall award grants to Hispanic-serving 
health professions schools for the purpose of carrying out 
programs to recruit Hispanic individuals to enroll in and 
graduate from such schools, which may include providing 
scholarships and other financial assistance as appropriate. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In subsection (a), the term ‘His-
panic-serving health professions school’ means an entity 
that— 
‘‘(1) is a school or program under section 
799B; 
‘‘(2) has an enrollment of full-time equivalent 
students that is made up of at least 9 percent His-
panic students; 
‘‘(3) has been effective in carrying out pro-
grams to recruit Hispanic individuals to enroll in 
and graduate from the school; 
‘‘(4) has been effective in recruiting and retain-
ing Hispanic faculty members; and 
‘‘(5) has a significant number of graduates who 
are providing health services to medically under-
served populations or to individuals in health profes-
sional shortage areas.’’. 
SEC. 205. HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENT LOAN FUND; AU-
THORIZATIONS 
OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
RE-
GARDING STUDENTS FROM DISADVANTAGED 
BACKGROUNDS. 
Section 724(f)(1) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
292t(f)(1)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$8,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may 
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be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2015.’’. 
SEC. 206. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS; RECRUIT-
MENT AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR INDIVIDUALS 
FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 331(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d(b)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall ensure that the individuals 
with respect to whom activities under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) are carried out include individuals from disadvantaged 
backgrounds, including activities carried out to provide 
health professions students with information on the Schol-
arship and Repayment Programs.’’. 
(b) ASSIGNMENT OF CORPS PERSONNEL.—Section 
333(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254f(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) In assigning Corps personnel under this section, 
the Secretary shall give preference to applicants who re-
quest assignment to a Federally-qualified health center (as 
defined in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security 
Act) or to a provider organization that has a majority of 
patients who are minorities or individuals from low-income 
families (families with a family income that is less than 
200 percent of the Official Poverty Line).’’. 
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SEC. 207. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM OF 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 2010, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 
through 2015.’’. 
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 Director of the Office of Minority Health, 
shall award cooperative agreements to schools of public 
health and schools of allied health to design and imple-
ment 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 
2010 through 2015.’’. 
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 
and nurse midwives. 
‘‘(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 
2010 through 2015.’’. 
SEC. 210. NATIONAL REPORT ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF 
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO CARE FOR DI-
VERSE POPULATIONS. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in col-
laboration with the Bureau of Health Professions, the Of-
fice of Minority Health and the National Center on Minor-
ity Health and Health Disparities, shall prepare and dis-
seminate a report that details and assesses the prepared-
ness of health professionals to care for racially and eth-
nically diverse populations. Such information, which shall 
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be collected by the Bureau of Health Professions, shall 
include— 
(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. 
SEC. 211. SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 
Subtitle A of title XXXI of the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended by section 201, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 
3120B. 
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 Director of the Office of Minority 
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Health, shall award grants to eligible entities to increase 
awareness among post-primary and post-secondary stu-
dents 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 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(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) Psychiatry. 
‘‘(13) Hospice care. 
‘‘(14) 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-
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 
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‘‘(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 
2010 through 2015. 
‘‘SEC. 3120C. LOUIS STOKES PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOLARS 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the 
Director of the Office of Minority Health, 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— 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received under an 
award under subsection (a) shall be used to support oppor-
tunities for students to become public health professionals. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under sub-
section (a), the Director shall give priority to those stu-
dents that— 
‘‘(1) are from disadvantaged backgrounds; 
‘‘(2) have secured admissions to a minority 
serving institution; and 
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‘‘(3) have identified a health professional as a 
mentor at their school or institution and an aca-
demic advisor to assist in the completion of their 
baccalaureate degree. 
‘‘(e) SCHOLARSHIPS.—The Secretary may approve 
payment of scholarships under this section for such indi-
viduals for any period of education in student under-
graduate tenure, except that such a scholarship may not 
be provided to an individual for more than 4 years, and 
such scholarships may not exceed $10,000 per academic 
year (notwithstanding any other provision of law regard-
ing the amount of scholarship). 
‘‘(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 
2010 through 2015. 
‘‘SEC. 3120D. PATSY MINK HEALTH AND GENDER RESEARCH 
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the 
Director of the Office of Minority Health, the Adminis-
trator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, and the Director of the Indian Health 
Services, shall award research fellowships to post-bacca-
laureate students to conduct research that will examine 
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