Territory Health Revitalization Act

Bill: 118-hr-1675
Sponsor: full_name: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-03-21
Policy area: Social Welfare
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Territory Health Revitalization Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve a portion of funding under the Health Profession Opportunity Grants program for U.S. territories. (Organizations use these grants to provide education and training to low-income individuals for health care occupations that are expected to either experience labor shortages or be in high demand.) The bill also makes organizations in the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for the grants and requires HHS to award at least two grants to organizations in U.S. territories.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1675 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2023 Mrs. González-Colón (for herself, Ms. Plaskett , Mr. Moylan , Mr. Sablan , and Mrs. Radewagen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To provide a set-aside of funds for the territories under the health profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act, to make the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for the grants, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Territory Health Revitalization Act . 2. Set-aside for the territories Section 2008(c)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397g(c)(1) ) is amended by inserting 5 percent of which for each fiscal year shall be reserved for grants to States other than the 50 States and the District of Columbia before the period. 3. Eligibility of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Section 2008(a)(4) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397g(a)(4) ) is amended by striking subparagraph (E). 4. Guarantee of grantees in the territories Section 2008(a)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397g(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) Guarantee of grantees in the territories The Secretary shall award at least 2 grants under this subsection to an eligible entity that is located in a territory, to the extent there are a sufficient number applications submitted by such an eligible entity that meet the requirements of subparagraph (B). . 5. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2023.