Title: Health Workforce Diversity Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Health Workforce Diversity Act
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to support diversity in the health care workforce, including by awarding grants to minority-serving colleges and universities and other organizations to prepare minority individuals underrepresented in the health care workforce to enroll in health professional schools.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9005 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9005

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services to award grants to Hispanic-serving 
   institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, Asian 
  American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, 
       Tribal Colleges or Universities, regional community-based 
    organizations, and national minority medical associations, for 
counseling, mentoring and providing information on financial assistance 
   to prepare underrepresented minority individuals to enroll in and 
graduate from health professional schools and to increase services for 
      underrepresented minority students, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2020

    Mr. Garcia of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services to award grants to Hispanic-serving 
   institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, Asian 
  American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, 
       Tribal Colleges or Universities, regional community-based 
    organizations, and national minority medical associations, for 
counseling, mentoring and providing information on financial assistance 
   to prepare underrepresented minority individuals to enroll in and 
graduate from health professional schools and to increase services for 
      underrepresented minority students, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Workforce Diversity Act''.

SEC. 2. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND 
              UNIVERSITIES, ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC 
              ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, TRIBAL COLLEGES, REGIONAL 
              COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND NATIONAL MINORITY 
              MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--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 INSTITUTIONS, HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES 
              AND UNIVERSITIES, ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN 
              PACIFIC ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, AND TRIBAL 
              COLLEGES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Administrator 
of the Health Resources and Services Administration and in consultation 
with the Secretary of Education, shall award grants to Hispanic-serving 
institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, Asian 
American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, 
Tribal Colleges or Universities, regional community-based 
organizations, and national minority medical associations, for 
counseling, mentoring and providing information on financial assistance 
to prepare underrepresented minority individuals to enroll in and 
graduate from health professional schools and to increase services for 
underrepresented minority students including--
            ``(1) mentoring with underrepresented health professionals; 
        and
            ``(2) providing financial assistance information for 
        continued education and applications to health professional 
        schools.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Asian american and native american pacific islander-
        serving institution.--The term `Asian American and Native 
        American Pacific Islander-serving institution' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 320(b) of the Higher Education Act 
        of 1965.
            ``(2) Hispanic-serving institution.--The term `Hispanic-
        serving institution' means an entity that--
                    ``(A) is a school or program for which there is a 
                definition under section 799B;
                    ``(B) has an enrollment of full-time equivalent 
                students that is made up of at least 9 percent Hispanic 
                students;
                    ``(C) has been effective in carrying out programs 
                to recruit Hispanic individuals to enroll in and 
                graduate from the school;
                    ``(D) has been effective in recruiting and 
                retaining Hispanic faculty members;
                    ``(E) has a significant number of graduates who are 
                providing health services to medically underserved 
                populations or to individuals in health professional 
                shortage areas; and
                    ``(F) is a Hispanic Center of Excellence in Health 
                Professions Education designated under section 
                736(d)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
                293(d)(2)).
            ``(3) Historically black college and university.--The term 
        `historically Black college and university' has the meaning 
        given the term `part B institution' as defined in section 322 
        of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
            ``(4) Tribal college or university.--The term `Tribal 
        College or University' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
    ``(c) Certain Loan Repayment Programs.--In carrying out the 
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established under 
subpart III of part D of title III and the loan repayment program under 
section 317F, the Secretary shall ensure, notwithstanding such subpart 
or section, that loan repayments of not less than $50,000 per year per 
person are awarded for repayment of loans incurred for enrollment or 
participation of underrepresented minority individuals in health 
professional schools and other health programs described in this 
section.
    ``(d) 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 2021 through 2026.''.
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