SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Educating Medical 
Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and 
Readiness for Health Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘EMPOWER 
for Health Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS 
WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. 
(a) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.—Subsection (i) of 
section 736 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
293) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $24,897,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
2024.’’. 
(b) HEALTH PROFESSIONS TRAINING FOR DIVER-
SITY.—Section 740 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 293d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$51,000,000 
for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$51,419,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$5,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2024’’; and
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$60,000,000 
for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024’’. 
(c) PRIMARY
CARE
TRAINING
AND
ENHANCE-
MENT.—Section 747(c)(1) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 293k(c)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$125,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$51,371,000 for each of fiscal years 
2020 through 2024’’. 
(d) TRAINING IN GENERAL, PEDIATRIC, AND PUBLIC 
HEALTH
DENTISTRY.—Section 748(f) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293k–2(f)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘$42,707,000 for each of fiscal years 
2020 through 2024’’. 
(e) AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS.—Section 
751(j)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
294a(j)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$125,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘$42,075,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
2024’’.
(f) NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE WORK-
FORCE ANALYSIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 761(e)(1)(A) of the 
Public 
Health 
Service 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
294n(e)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘$7,500,000 
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$5,947,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2024’’. 
(2) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Section 
761(e)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 294n(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 
(g) PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE.—Section 770(a) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295e(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$43,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2012 through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘$17,850,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 3. EDUCATION AND TRAINING RELATING TO GERI-
ATRICS. 
Section 753 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 294c) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 753. EDUCATION AND TRAINING RELATING TO GERI-
ATRICS. 
‘‘(a) GERIATRICS WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT PRO-
GRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants or contracts under this subsection to entities 
described in paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of section 
799B, section 801(2), or section 865(d), or other 
health professions schools or programs approved by 
the Secretary, for the establishment or operation of 
geriatrics workforce enhancement programs that 
meet the requirements of paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A geriatrics workforce 
enhancement program meets the requirements of 
this paragraph if such program supports the devel-
opment of a health care workforce that maximizes 
patient and family engagement and improves health 
outcomes for older adults by integrating geriatrics 
with primary care and other appropriate specialties. 
Special emphasis should be placed on providing the 
primary care workforce with the knowledge and 
skills to care for older adults and collaborating with 
community partners to address gaps in health care 
for older adults through individual, system, commu-
nity, and population level changes. Areas of pro-
grammatic focus may include the following:
‘‘(A) Transforming clinical training envi-
ronments to integrated geriatrics and primary 
care delivery systems to ensure trainees are well 
prepared to practice in and lead in such sys-
tems. 
‘‘(B) Developing providers from multiple 
disciplines and specialties to work interprofes-
sionally to assess and address the needs and 
preferences of older adults and their families 
and caregivers at the individual, community, 
and population levels with cultural and lin-
guistic competency. 
‘‘(C) Creating and delivering community- 
based programs that will provide older adults 
and their families and caregivers with the 
knowledge and skills to improve health out-
comes and the quality of care for such adults. 
‘‘(D) Providing Alzheimer’s disease and re-
lated dementias (ADRD) education to the fami-
lies and caregivers of older adults, direct care 
workers, health professions students, faculty, 
and providers. 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award 
grants and contracts under paragraph (1) for a pe-
riod not to exceed five years.
equitably distribute such grants among the various 
regions of the United States. 
‘‘(6) QUALIFICATIONS.—In awarding grants 
and contracts under paragraph (2), the Secretary 
shall consider programs that— 
‘‘(A) have the goal of improving and pro-
viding comprehensive coordinated care of older 
adults, including medical, dental, and psycho-
social needs; 
‘‘(B) demonstrate coordination with other 
programmatic efforts funded under this pro-
gram or other public or private entities; 
‘‘(C) support the training and retraining of 
faculty, preceptors, primary care providers, and 
providers in other specialties to increase their 
knowledge of geriatrics and gerontology; 
‘‘(D) provide clinical experiences across 
care settings, including ambulatory care, hos-
pitals, post-acute care, nursing homes, federally 
qualified health centers, and home and commu-
nity-based services; 
‘‘(E) emphasize education and engagement 
of family caregivers on disease self-manage-
ment, medication management, and stress re-
duction strategies;
‘‘(F) provide training to the health care 
workforce on disease self-management, motiva-
tional interviewing, medication management, 
and stress reduction strategies; 
‘‘(G) provide training to the health care 
workforce on social determinants of health in 
order to better address the geriatric health care 
needs of diverse populations with cultural and 
linguistic competency; 
‘‘(H) integrate geriatrics competencies and 
interprofessional 
collaborative 
practice 
into 
health care education and training curricula for 
residents, fellows, and students; 
‘‘(I) substantially benefit rural or under-
served populations of older adults or conduct 
outreach to communities that have a shortage 
of geriatric workforce professionals; 
‘‘(J) integrate behavioral health com-
petencies into primary care practice, especially 
with respect to elder abuse, pain management, 
and advance care planning; or 
‘‘(K) offer short-term intensive courses 
that— 
‘‘(i) focus on geriatrics, gerontology, 
chronic care management, and long-term
care that provide supplemental training for 
faculty members in medical schools and 
other health professions schools or grad-
uate programs in psychology, pharmacy, 
nursing, social work, dentistry, public 
health, allied health, or other health dis-
ciplines, as approved by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) are open to current faculty, and 
appropriately credentialed volunteer faculty 
and practitioners, to upgrade their knowl-
edge and clinical skills for the care of older 
adults and adults with functional and cog-
nitive limitations and to enhance their 
interdisciplinary teaching skills. 
‘‘(7) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 
paragraph (1), particularly with respect to awarding, 
in fiscal year 2020, any amount appropriated for 
such fiscal year for purposes of carrying out this 
subsection that is in excess of the amount appro-
priated for the most previous fiscal year for which 
appropriations were made for such purposes, the 
Secretary may give priority to entities that oper-
ate— 
‘‘(A) in communities that have a shortage 
of geriatric workforce professionals; and
‘‘(B) in States in which no entity has pre-
viously received an award under such paragraph 
(including as in effect before the date of enact-
ment of the Educating Medical Professionals 
and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Read-
iness for Health Act of 2019). 
‘‘(8) AWARD AMOUNTS.—Awards under para-
graph (1) shall be in an amount determined by the 
Secretary. Entities that submit applications under 
this subsection that describe a plan for providing 
geriatric education and training for home health 
workers and family caregivers are eligible to receive 
$100,000 per year more than entities that do not in-
clude a description of such a plan. 
‘‘(9) REPORTING.—Each entity awarded a 
grant under paragraph (1) shall submit an annual 
report to the Secretary on financial and pro-
grammatic performance under such grant, which 
may include factors such as the number of trainees, 
the number of professions and disciplines, the num-
ber of partnerships with health care delivery sites, 
the number of faculty and practicing professionals 
who participated in continuing education programs, 
and such other factors as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(b) GERIATRIC ACADEMIC CAREER AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary shall establish a program to award grants, to 
be known as Geriatric Academic Career Awards, to 
eligible entities applying on behalf of eligible individ-
uals to promote the career development of such indi-
viduals as academic geriatricians or other academic 
geriatrics health professionals. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) an accredited school of allopathic 
medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, 
social work, psychology, dentistry, phar-
macy, or allied health; or 
‘‘(ii) another type of accredited health 
professions school or graduate program 
deemed by the Secretary to be eligible 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘eligible indi-
vidual’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(I) has a junior, nontenured, 
faculty appointment at an accredited
school of allopathic medicine, osteo-
pathic medicine, nursing, social work, 
psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, or 
allied health or at another type of ac-
credited health professions school or 
graduate program described in sub-
paragraph (A)(ii); 
‘‘(II)(aa) is board certified or 
board eligible in internal medicine, 
family practice, psychiatry, or licensed 
dentistry, or has completed the train-
ing required for the individual’s dis-
cipline; and 
‘‘(bb) is employed at an eligible 
entity; or 
‘‘(III) has completed an approved 
fellowship program in geriatrics or 
gerontology, or has completed spe-
cialty training in geriatrics or geron-
tology as required for the individual’s 
discipline and any additional geri-
atrics or gerontology training as re-
quired by the Secretary. 
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL
RULE.—If during the 
period of an award under this subsection
respecting an eligible individual, the indi-
vidual is promoted to associate professor 
and thereby no longer meets the criteria of 
clause (i)(I), the individual may continue 
to be treated as an eligible individual 
through the term of the award. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—An eligible entity may not 
receive an award under paragraph (1) on behalf of 
an eligible individual unless the eligible entity— 
‘‘(A) submits to the Secretary an applica-
tion, at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may 
require, and the Secretary approves such appli-
cation; 
‘‘(B) provides, in such form and manner as 
the Secretary may require, assurances that the 
eligible individual on whose behalf an applica-
tion was submitted under subparagraph (A) will 
meet the service requirement described in para-
graph (8); and 
‘‘(C) provides, in such form and manner as 
the Secretary may require, assurances that such 
individual has a full-time faculty appointment 
in an accredited health professions school or 
graduate program and documented commitment
from such school or program to spend 75 per-
cent of the individual’s time that is supported 
by the award on teaching and developing skills 
in interprofessional education in geriatrics. 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS.—In awarding grants 
under this subsection, the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall give priority to eligible entities 
that apply on behalf of eligible individuals who 
are on the faculty of institutions that integrate 
geriatrics education, training, and best prac-
tices into academic program criteria; 
‘‘(B) may give priority to eligible entities 
that operate a geriatrics workforce enhance-
ment program under subsection (a); 
‘‘(C) shall ensure that grants are equitably 
distributed across the various geographical re-
gions of the United States, including rural and 
underserved areas; 
‘‘(D) shall pay particular attention to geri-
atrics health care workforce needs among un-
derserved populations, diverse communities, and 
rural areas; 
‘‘(E) may not require an eligible individual, 
or an eligible entity applying on behalf of an eli-
gible individual, to be a recipient of a grant or 
contract under this part; and 
‘‘(F) shall pay the full amount of the 
award to the eligible entity. 
‘‘(5) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—An eligible 
entity receiving an award under paragraph (1) on 
behalf of an eligible individual shall provide assur-
ances to the Secretary that funds provided to such 
individual under this subsection will be used only to 
supplement, not to supplant, the amount of Federal, 
State, and local funds otherwise expended by such 
individual. 
‘‘(6) AMOUNT AND TERM.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—The amount of an award 
under this subsection for eligible individuals 
who are physicians shall equal $100,000 for fis-
cal year 2020, adjusted for subsequent fiscal 
years to reflect the increase in the Consumer 
Price Index. The Secretary shall determine the 
amount of an award under this subsection for 
individuals who are not physicians. 
‘‘(B) TERM.—The term of any award 
made under this subsection shall not exceed 5 
years.
‘‘(7) SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—An eligible indi-
vidual on whose behalf an application was submitted 
and approved under paragraph (3)(A) shall provide 
training in clinical geriatrics or gerontology, includ-
ing the training of interprofessional teams of health 
care professionals. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $51,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
2024. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no funds 
shall be made available to carry out subsection (b) for a 
fiscal year unless the amount made available to carry out 
this section for such fiscal year is more than the amount 
made available to carry out this section for fiscal year 
2017.’’. 
SEC. 4. INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW’S PEDIATRIC HEALTH 
CARE WORKFORCE. 
Section 775 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 295f) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 
775. 
INVESTMENT 
IN 
TOMORROW’S 
PEDIATRIC 
HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
and carry out a program of entering into pediatric spe-
cialty loan repayment agreements with qualified health 
professionals under which—
‘‘(1) the qualified health professional agrees to 
a period of not less than 2 years of obligated service 
during which the professional will— 
‘‘(A) participate in an accredited pediatric 
medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical spe-
cialty, child and adolescent psychiatry sub-
specialty, or child and adolescent mental and 
behavioral health residency or fellowship; or 
‘‘(B) be employed full-time in providing pe-
diatric medical subspecialty care, pediatric sur-
gical specialty care, child and adolescent psychi-
atry subspecialty care, or child and adolescent 
mental and behavioral health care, including 
substance use disorder prevention and treat-
ment services, in an area with— 
‘‘(i) a shortage of health care profes-
sionals practicing in the pediatric medical 
subspecialty, the pediatric surgical spe-
cialty, the child and adolescent psychiatry 
subspecialty, or child and adolescent men-
tal and behavioral health, as applicable; 
and 
‘‘(ii) a sufficient pediatric population, 
as determined by the Secretary, to support 
the addition of a practitioner in the pedi-
atric medical subspecialty, the pediatric 
surgical specialty, the child and adolescent 
psychiatry subspecialty, or child and ado-
lescent mental and behavioral health, as 
applicable; and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary agrees to make payments on 
the principal and interest of undergraduate, grad-
uate, or graduate medical education loans of the 
qualified health professional of not more than 
$35,000 a year for each year of agreed upon service 
under paragraph (1) for a period of not more than 
3 years. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PEDIATRIC MEDICAL SPECIALISTS AND PE-
DIATRIC SURGICAL SPECIALISTS.—For purposes of 
loan repayment agreements under this section with 
respect to pediatric medical subspecialty and pedi-
atric surgical specialty practitioners, the term ‘quali-
fied health professional’ means a licensed physician 
who— 
‘‘(A) is entering or receiving training in an 
accredited pediatric medical subspecialty or pe-
diatric surgical subspecialty residency or fellow-
ship; or
‘‘(B) has completed (but not prior to the 
end of the calendar year in which the Edu-
cating Medical Professionals and Optimizing 
Workforce Efficiency and Readiness for Health 
Act of 2019 is enacted) the training described 
in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) CHILD
AND
ADOLESCENT
PSYCHIATRY 
AND MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.—For pur-
poses of loan repayment agreements under this sec-
tion with respect to child and adolescent mental and 
behavioral health care, the term ‘qualified health 
professional’ means a health care professional who— 
‘‘(A) has received specialized training or 
clinical experience in child and adolescent men-
tal health in psychiatry, psychology, school psy-
chology, or psychiatric nursing; 
‘‘(B) has a license or certification in a 
State to practice allopathic medicine, osteo-
pathic medicine, psychology, school psychology, 
or psychiatric nursing; or 
‘‘(C) is a mental health service professional 
who has completed (but not before the end of 
the calendar year in which the Educating Med-
ical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce 
Efficiency and Readiness for Health Act of
2019 is enacted) specialized training or clinical 
experience in child and adolescent mental health 
described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) 
ADDITIONAL
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may not enter into a loan 
repayment agreement under this section with a 
qualified health professional unless— 
‘‘(A) the professional agrees to work in, or 
for a provider serving, an area or community 
with a shortage of eligible qualified health pro-
fessionals (as defined in paragraphs (1) and 
(2)); 
‘‘(B) the professional is a United States 
citizen, a permanent legal United States resi-
dent, or lawfully present in the United States; 
and 
‘‘(C) if the professional is enrolled in a 
graduate program, the program is accredited, 
and the professional has an acceptable level of 
academic standing (as determined by the Sec-
retary). 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In entering into loan repayment 
agreements under this section, the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to applicants who—
‘‘(1) have familiarity with evidence-based meth-
ods and cultural and linguistic competence in health 
care services; and 
‘‘(2) demonstrate financial need. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2020 through 2024— 
‘‘(1) $30,000,000 to carry out this section with 
respect to loan repayment agreements with qualified 
health professionals described in subsection (b)(1); 
and 
‘‘(2) $20,000,000 to carry out this section with 
respect to loan repayment agreements with respect 
to qualified health professionals described in sub-
section (b)(2).’’. 
SEC. 5. INCREASING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY IN THE PRO-
FESSIONS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPA-
TIONAL THERAPY, AUDIOLOGY, AND SPEECH- 
LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY. 
Title VII of the Public Health Service Act is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating part G (42 U.S.C. 295j et 
seq.) as part H; and 
(2) by inserting after part F (42 U.S.C. 294n 
et seq.) the following new part:
‘‘PART G—INCREASING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY 
IN THE PROFESSIONS OF PHYSICAL THER-
APY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, AUDIOLOGY, 
AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY 
‘‘SEC. 783. SCHOLARSHIPS AND STIPENDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants 
and contracts to eligible entities to increase educational 
opportunities in the professions of physical therapy, occu-
pational therapy, audiology, and speech-language pathol-
ogy for eligible individuals by— 
‘‘(1) providing student scholarships or stipends, 
including for— 
‘‘(A) completion of an accelerated degree 
program; 
‘‘(B) completion of an associate’s, bach-
elor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree program; 
and 
‘‘(C) entry by a diploma or associate’s de-
gree practitioner into a bridge or degree com-
pletion program; 
‘‘(2) providing assistance for completion of pre-
requisite courses or other preparation necessary for 
acceptance for enrollment in the eligible entity; and 
‘‘(3) carrying out activities to increase the re-
tention of students in one or more programs in the
professions of physical therapy, occupational ther-
apy, audiology, and speech-language pathology. 
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—In 
carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into 
consideration the recommendations of national organiza-
tions representing the professions of physical therapy, oc-
cupational therapy, audiology, and speech-language pa-
thology, including the American Physical Therapy Asso-
ciation, the American Occupational Therapy Association, 
the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the 
American Academy of Audiology, and the Academy of 
Doctors of Audiology. 
‘‘(c) REQUIRED INFORMATION AND CONDITIONS FOR 
AWARD RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may require 
recipients of awards under this section to report to 
the Secretary concerning the annual admission, re-
tention, and graduation rates for eligible individuals 
in programs of the recipient leading to a degree in 
any of the professions of physical therapy, occupa-
tional therapy, audiology, and speech-language pa-
thology. 
‘‘(2) FALLING RATES.—If any of the rates re-
ported by a recipient under paragraph (1) fall below 
the average for such recipient over the two years
preceding the year covered by the report, the recipi-
ent shall provide the Secretary with plans for imme-
diately improving such rates. 
‘‘(3) INELIGIBILITY.—A recipient described in 
paragraph (2) shall be ineligible for continued fund-
ing under this section if the plan of the recipient 
fails to improve the rates within the 1-year period 
beginning on the date such plan is implemented. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The term ‘eligible 
entity’ means an education program that— 
‘‘(A) is accredited by— 
‘‘(i) the Council on Academic Accredi-
tation in Audiology and Speech-Language 
Pathology or the Accreditation Commission 
for Audiology Education; 
‘‘(ii) the Commission on Accreditation 
in Physical Therapy Education; or 
‘‘(iii) the Accreditation Council for 
Occupational Therapy Education; and 
‘‘(B) is carrying out a program for recruit-
ing and retaining students underrepresented in 
the professions of physical therapy, occupa-
tional therapy, audiology, and speech-language
pathology (including racial or ethnic minorities, 
or students from disadvantaged backgrounds). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) is a member of a class of persons who 
are underrepresented in the professions of phys-
ical therapy, occupational therapy, audiology, 
and speech-language pathology (including indi-
viduals who are racial or ethnic minorities, or 
are from disadvantaged backgrounds); 
‘‘(B) has a financial need for a scholarship 
or stipend; and 
‘‘(C) is enrolled (or accepted for enroll-
ment) at an audiology, speech-language pathol-
ogy, physical therapy, or occupational therapy 
program as a full-time student at an eligible en-
tity. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 28, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2781 
AN ACT 
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service 
Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to 
the health professions workforce, and for other 
purposes.