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Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Higher Education 
Assistance Improvement Act''.
    (b) References to Higher Education Act of 1965.--Except as 
otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or 
reference is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or reference to, a 
section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
made to a section or other provision of the Higher Education Act of 
1965.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM FUNDING AUTHORIZATIONS.

    (a) Pell Grants.--Section 401(b)(2)(A) (20 U.S.C. 1070(b)(2)(A)) is 
amended by striking clauses (iv) and (v) and inserting the following:
            ``(iv) $7,500 for academic year 2002-2003; and
            ``(v) $7,900 for academic year 2003-2004,''.
    (b) TRIO.--Section 402A(f) (20 U.S.C. 1070a-11(f)) is amended by 
striking ``$700,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years'' and inserting 
``$1,460,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary 
for the succeeding fiscal year''.
    (c) GEAR UP.--Section 404H (20 U.S.C. 1070a-28) is amended by 
striking ``$200,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years'' and inserting 
``$590,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary 
for the succeeding fiscal year''.
    (d) Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants.--Section 413A(b) (20 
U.S.C. 1070b(b)) is amended by striking ``$675,000,000 for fiscal year 
1999 and such sums as may be necessary for the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years'' and inserting ``$1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such 
sums as may be necessary for the succeeding fiscal year''.
    (e) Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need.--Section 716 (20 
U.S.C. 1135e) is amended by striking ``$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years'' and inserting ``$62,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums 
as may be necessary for the succeeding fiscal year''.
    (f) Thurgood Marshall.--Section 721(h) (20 U.S.C. 1136(h)) is 
amended by striking ``$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and each of the 4 
succeeding fiscal years'' and inserting ``$8,000,000 for fiscal year 
2002 and such sums as may be necessary for the succeeding fiscal 
year''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS MANDATE.

    It is the sense of Congress that the appropriations for the 
following higher education programs should be increased as follows:
            (1) LEAP.--The appropriations under section 415A(b)(1) (20 
        U.S.C. 1070c(b)(1)) should be doubled to at least $110,000,000 
        for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for the 
        succeeding fiscal year.
            (2) CAMPIS.--The appropriations under section 419N(g) (20 
        U.S.C. 1070e(g)) should be doubled to at least $50,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for the 
        succeeding fiscal year.
            (3) Work-study.--The appropriations under section 441(b) 
        (42 U.S.C. 2751(b)) should be increased to at least 
        $1,050,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be 
        necessary for the succeeding fiscal year.
            (4) National health service corps scholarship and loan 
        repayment programs.--The appropriations under sections 338A and 
        338B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l, 254l-1) 
        should be doubled to at least $175,850,000 for fiscal year 2002 
        and such sums as may be necessary for the succeeding fiscal 
        year.
            (5) Perkins loans.--The appropriations under section 
        461(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1087aa(b)(1)) should be doubled to at 
        least $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be 
        necessary for the succeeding fiscal year, and the amount 
        available under section 465 for loan cancellation should be 
        doubled to at least $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such 
        sums as may be necessary for the succeeding fiscal year.
            (6) Javits fellowships.--The appropriations under section 
        705 (20 U.S.C. 1134d) should be increased to at least 
        $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be 
        necessary for the succeeding fiscal year.

SEC. 4. LOAN FORGIVENESS.

    (a) Expansion of Eligibility.--
            (1) Elimination of new borrower restrictions.--
                    (A) FFEL program.--Section 428J(b) (20 U.S.C. 1078-
                10(b)) is amended by striking ``for any new borrower on 
                or after October 1, 1998, who'' and inserting ``for any 
                borrower who performs the qualifying service on or 
                after October 1, 1998, and who''.
                    (B) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(b)(1) 
                of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)) is amended by 
                striking ``for any new borrower on or after October 1, 
                1998, who'' and inserting ``for any borrower who 
                performs the qualifying service on or after October 1, 
                1998, and who''.
            (2) Expansion of eligible service; eliminating delay in 
        service benefit.--
                    (A) FFEL program.--Section 428J(b)(1) is amended to 
                read as follows:
            ``(1) has been engaged--
                    ``(A) in any service that qualifies for 
                cancellation of Federal Perkins Loans under section 
                465(a)(2);
                    ``(B) in full-time employment in service to 
                economically disadvantaged individuals or communities, 
                child and elder care services, social work, public 
                prosecutors and defenders, and police, fire, and rescue 
                services, as defined by the Secretary; or
                    ``(C) in full-time employment in any service that 
                the Secretary recognizes by regulation as providing 
                public service that is comparable to the services 
                described in subparagraph (A) or (B); and''.
                    (B) Federal direct loan program.--Section 
                460(b)(1)(A) (20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)(A)) is amended to 
                read as follows:
                    ``(A) has been engaged--
                            ``(i) in any service that qualifies for 
                        cancellation of Federal Perkins Loans under 
                        section 465(a)(2); or
                            ``(ii) in full-time employment in service 
                        to economically disadvantaged individuals or 
                        communities, child and elder care services, 
                        social work, public prosecutors and defenders, 
                        and police, fire, and rescue services, as 
                        defined by the Secretary;
                            ``(iii) in full-time employment in any 
                        service that the Secretary recognizes by 
                        regulation as providing public service that is 
                        comparable to the services described in clause 
                        (i) or (ii); and''.
                    (C) Perkins loans.--Section 465(a)(2) is amended by 
                adding after the last sentence thereof the following 
                new sentence: ``Whenever the Secretary acts pursuant to 
                section 428J(b)(1)(B) or (C) or 460(b)(1)(A)(ii) or 
                (iii) to recognize by regulation or define additional 
                services as comparable qualifying services under such 
                sections, the Secretary shall, by regulation, recognize 
                such services as qualifying services for purposes of 
                this section.''.
    (b) Amount and Rate of Repayment.--
            (1) FFEL program.--Section 428J(c) (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)) 
        is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) Amount and rate of repayment.--The Secretary shall 
        repay the aggregate of the loan obligation on a loan made under 
        section 428 or 428H that is outstanding after the completion of 
        the first complete year of qualifying service described in 
        subsection (b)(1) for which the borrower seeks repayment under 
        this section. Such amount shall be repaid at the rate of one-
        third of such amount for each of the first three years of such 
        service.''.
            (2) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(c) of such 
        Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Amount and rate of repayment.--The Secretary shall 
        cancel the aggregate of the loan obligation on a loan made 
        under section 428 or 428H that is outstanding after the 
        completion of the first complete year of qualifying service 
        described in subsection (b)(1)(A). Such amount shall be 
        canceled at the rate of one-third of such amount for each of 
        the first three years of such service.''.
            (3) Perkins loans.--Section 465(a) (20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a)) is 
        amended by striking paragraph (3)(A) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(3)(A) The percent of a loan which shall be canceled under 
paragraph (1) of this subsection is at the rate of 33\1/3\ percent for 
each of 3 years of service described in paragraph (2).''.
Example Output: Higher Education Assistance Improvement Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to increase funds available for the provision of student financial assistance.Increases the maximum individual Pell grant amount to: (1) $7,500 for academic year 2002-2003; and (2) $7,900 for academic year 2003-2004.Increases amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 2002 and 2003 under the HEA student assistance provisions: (1) Federal TRIO programs; (2) Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP); (3) supplemental education opportunity grants; (4) graduate assistance in areas of national need; and (5) Thurgood Marshall legal educational opportunity program.Expresses the sense of Congress that appropriations for the following higher education programs should be increased by specified amounts for FY 2002 and as necessary for FY 2003: (1) Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP); (2) Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CAMPIS); (3) work-study; (4) National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs; (5) Perkins loans; and (6) Javits fellowships.Expands eligibility under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL), Federal direct loan, and Federal Perkins loan programs by: (1) eliminating certain new borrower restrictions; (2) expanding eligible service; and (3) eliminating delays in service benefit. Directs the Secretary of Education to repay or cancel certain amounts of loan obligations under those HEA student loan programs.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community-Based Health Care 
Retraining Act''.

SEC. 2. HEALTH PROFESSIONS TRAINING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2916) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Health Professions Training Demonstration Project.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Covered community.--The term `covered 
                community' means a community or region that--
                            ``(i) has experienced a significant 
                        percentage decline in positions in the 
                        manufacturing or service sectors; and
                            ``(ii) is determined by the Secretary of 
                        Health and Human Services (in consultation with 
                        the medical community) to be an area with a 
                        shortage of health care professionals described 
                        in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (C).
                    ``(B) Covered worker.--The term `covered worker' 
                means an individual who--
                            ``(i)(I) has been terminated or laid off, 
                        or who has received a notice of termination or 
                        layoff, from employment in a manufacturing or 
                        service sector;
                            ``(II)(aa) is eligible for or has exhausted 
                        entitlement to unemployment compensation; or
                            ``(bb) has been employed for a duration 
                        sufficient to demonstrate, to the appropriate 
                        entity at a one-stop center referred to in 
                        section 134(c), attachment to the workforce, 
                        but is not eligible for unemployment 
                        compensation due to insufficient earnings or 
                        having performed services for an employer that 
                        were not covered under a State unemployment 
                        compensation law; and
                            ``(III) is unlikely to return to a previous 
                        industry or occupation; or
                            ``(ii)(I) has been terminated or laid off, 
                        or has received a notice of termination or 
                        layoff, from employment in a manufacturing or 
                        service sector as a result of any permanent 
                        closure of, or any substantial layoff at, a 
                        plant, facility, or enterprise; or
                            ``(II) is employed in a manufacturing or 
                        service sector at a facility at which the 
                        employer has made a general announcement that 
                        such facility will close within 180 days.
                    ``(C) Health care professional.--The term `health 
                care professional'--
                            ``(i) means an individual who is involved 
                        with--
                                    ``(I) the delivery of health care 
                                services, or related services, 
                                pertaining to--
                                            ``(aa) the identification, 
                                        evaluation, and prevention of 
                                        diseases, disorders, or 
                                        injuries; or
                                            ``(bb) home-based or 
                                        community-based long-term care;
                                    ``(II) the delivery of dietary and 
                                nutrition services; or
                                    ``(III) rehabilitation and health 
                                systems management; and
                            ``(ii) with respect to a covered community 
                        to be served through a grant made under 
                        paragraph (3), includes individuals in health 
                        care professions and jobs for which there is a 
                        shortage in the community, as determined by the 
                        Secretary of Health and Human Services (in 
                        consultation with the medical community), 
                        giving consideration to the amount of training 
                        time required to retrain the covered workers 
                        for the health care professions and jobs.
                    ``(D) Tribal college or university.--The term 
                `tribal college or university' means--
                            ``(i) a tribally controlled college or 
                        university, as defined in section 2 of the 
                        Tribally Controlled College or University 
                        Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801);
                            ``(ii) Dine College, authorized in the 
                        Navajo Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 640a et 
                        seq.); and
                            ``(iii) any of the 1994 Institutions, as 
                        defined in section 532 of the Equity in 
                        Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 
                        U.S.C. 301 note).
            ``(2) Establishment of project.--In accordance with 
        subsection (b), the Secretary shall establish and carry out a 
        health professions training demonstration project.
            ``(3) Grants.--In carrying out the project, the Secretary, 
        after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services, shall make grants to eligible entities to enable the 
        entities to carry out programs in covered communities to train 
        covered workers for employment as health care professionals. 
        The Secretary shall make each grant in an amount of not less 
        than $100,000 and not more than $500,000.
            ``(4) Eligible entities.--Notwithstanding subsection 
        (b)(2)(B), to be eligible to receive a grant under this 
        subsection to carry out a program in a covered community, an 
        entity shall be a partnership that is--
                    ``(A) under the direction of a local workforce 
                investment board established under section 117 that is 
                serving the covered community; and
                    ``(B) composed of members serving the covered 
                community, such as--
                            ``(i) an institution of higher education 
                        that provides a 4-year program of instruction;
                            ``(ii) an accredited community college;
                            ``(iii) an accredited vocational or 
                        technical school;
                            ``(iv) a tribal college or university;
                            ``(v) a health clinic or hospital;
                            ``(vi) a home-based or community-based 
                        long-term care facility or program; or
                            ``(vii) a health care facility administered 
                        by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
            ``(5) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, an entity shall submit an application to 
        the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may require, including, at a 
        minimum--
                    ``(A) a proposal to use the grant funds to 
                establish or expand a training program in order to 
                train covered workers for employment as health care 
                professionals (including paraprofessionals);
                    ``(B) information demonstrating the need for the 
                training and support services to be provided through 
                the program;
                    ``(C) information describing the manner in which 
                the entity will expend the grant funds, and the 
                activities to be carried out with the funds;
                    ``(D) information demonstrating that the entity 
                meets the requirements of paragraph (4); and
                    ``(E) with respect to training programs carried out 
                by the applicant, information--
                            ``(i) on the graduation rates of the 
                        programs involved;
                            ``(ii) on the retention measures carried 
                        out by the applicant;
                            ``(iii) on the length of time necessary to 
                        complete the training programs of the 
                        applicant; and
                            ``(iv) on the number of qualified covered 
                        workers that are refused admittance into the 
                        training programs because of lack of capacity.
            ``(6) Selection.--In making grants under paragraph (3), the 
        Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services, shall--
                    ``(A) consider the information submitted by the 
                eligible entities under paragraph (5)(E); and
                    ``(B) select--
                            ``(i) eligible entities submitting 
                        applications that meet such criteria as the 
                        Secretary of Labor determines to be 
                        appropriate; and
                            ``(ii) among such entities, the eligible 
                        entities serving the covered communities with 
                        the greatest need for the grants and the 
                        greatest potential to benefit from the grants.
            ``(7) Use of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An entity that receives a grant 
                under this subsection shall use the funds made 
                available through the grant for training and support 
                services that meet the needs described in the 
                application submitted under paragraph (5), which may 
                include--
                            ``(i) increasing capacity, subject to 
                        subparagraph (B), at an educational institution 
                        or training center to train individuals for 
                        employment as health professionals, such as 
                        by--
                                    ``(I) expanding a facility, subject 
                                to subparagraph (B);
                                    ``(II) expanding course offerings;
                                    ``(III) hiring faculty;
                                    ``(IV) providing a student loan 
                                repayment program for the faculty;
                                    ``(V) establishing or expanding 
                                clinical education opportunities;
                                    ``(VI) purchasing equipment, such 
                                as computers, books, clinical supplies, 
                                or a patient simulator; or
                                    ``(VII) conducting recruitment; or
                            ``(ii) providing support services for 
                        covered workers participating in the training, 
                        such as--
                                    ``(I) providing tuition assistance;
                                    ``(II) establishing or expanding 
                                distance education programs;
                                    ``(III) providing transportation 
                                assistance; or
                                    ``(IV) providing child care.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--To be eligible to use the funds 
                to expand a facility, the eligible entity shall 
                demonstrate to the Secretary in an application 
                submitted under paragraph (5) that the entity can 
                increase the capacity described in subparagraph (A)(i) 
                of such facility only by expanding the facility.
            ``(8) Funding.--Of the amounts appropriated to, and 
        available at the discretion of, the Secretary or the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services for programmatic and 
        administrative expenditures, a total of $25,000,000 shall be 
        used to establish and carry out the demonstration project 
        described in paragraph (2) in accordance with this 
        subsection.''.
Example Output: Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to establish and carry out a health professions training demonstration project that awards grants to eligible entities to train certain unemployed workers from the manufacturing or service sector for employment as health care professionals in communities with manufacturing and service sector job loss and health care professional shortages.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Every Prescription Conveyed Securely 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING E-PRESCRIBING FOR COVERAGE OF COVERED PART D 
              CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1860D-4(e) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-104(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Requirement of e-prescribing for controlled 
        substances.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), a 
                prescription for a covered part D drug under a 
                prescription drug plan (or under an MA-PD plan) for a 
                schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance shall 
                be transmitted by a health care practitioner 
                electronically in accordance with an electronic 
                prescription drug program that meets the requirements 
                of paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Exception for certain circumstances.--The 
                Secretary shall, pursuant to rulemaking, specify 
                circumstances with respect to which the Secretary may 
                waive the requirement under subparagraph (A), with 
                respect to a covered part D drug, including in the case 
                of--
                            ``(i) a prescription issued when the 
                        prescriber and dispenser are the same entity;
                            ``(ii) a prescription issued that cannot be 
                        transmitted electronically due to the 
                        constraints of the most recently implemented 
                        version of the National Council for 
                        Prescription Drug Programs SCRIPT Standard;
                            ``(iii) a prescription issued by a 
                        practitioner who has received a waiver or a 
                        renewal thereof for a specified period 
                        determined by the Secretary, not to exceed one 
                        year, from the requirement to use electronic 
                        prescribing, pursuant to a process established 
                        by regulation by the Secretary, due to 
                        demonstrated economic hardship, technological 
                        limitations that are not reasonably within the 
                        control of the practitioner, or other 
                        exceptional circumstance demonstrated by the 
                        practitioner;
                            ``(iv) a prescription issued by a 
                        practitioner under circumstances in which, 
                        notwithstanding the practitioner's ability to 
                        make an electronic prescription as required by 
                        this subsection, such practitioner reasonably 
                        determines that it would be impractical for the 
                        individual involved to obtain substances 
                        prescribed by electronic prescription in a 
                        timely manner, and such delay would adversely 
                        impact the individual's medical condition 
                        involved;
                            ``(v) a prescription issued by a 
                        practitioner allowing for the dispensing of a 
                        non-patient specific prescription pursuant to a 
                        standing order, approved protocol for drug 
                        therapy, collaborative drug management, or 
                        comprehensive medication management, in 
                        response to a public health emergency, or other 
                        circumstances where the practitioner may issue 
                        a non-patient specific prescription;
                            ``(vi) a prescription issued by a 
                        practitioner prescribing a drug under a 
                        research protocol;
                            ``(vii) a prescription issued by a 
                        practitioner for a drug for which the Food and 
                        Drug Administration requires the prescription 
                        to contain certain elements that are not able 
                        to be accomplished with electronic prescribing 
                        such as, a drug with risk evaluation and 
                        mitigation strategies that include elements to 
                        assure safe use; and
                            ``(viii) a prescription issued by a 
                        practitioner for an individual who--
                                    ``(I) receives hospice care under 
                                this title; or
                                    ``(II) is a resident of a long-term 
                                care facility, of a facility described 
                                in section 1905(d), or of another 
                                facility for which frequently abused 
                                drugs are dispensed for residents 
                                through a contract with a single 
                                pharmacy.
                    ``(C) Dispensing.--(i) Nothing in this paragraph 
                shall be construed as requiring a sponsor of a 
                prescription drug plan under this part, MA organization 
                offering an MA-PD plan under part C, or a pharmacist to 
                verify that a practitioner, with respect to a 
                prescription for a covered part D drug, has a waiver 
                (or is otherwise exempt) under subparagraph (B) from 
                the requirement under subparagraph (A).
                    ``(ii) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 
                as affecting the ability of the plan to cover or the 
                pharmacists' ability to continue to dispense covered 
                part D drugs from otherwise valid written, oral or fax 
                prescriptions that are consistent with laws and 
                regulations.
                    ``(iii) Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
                construed as affecting the ability of an individual who 
                is being prescribed a covered part D drug to designate 
                a particular pharmacy to dispense the covered part D 
                drug to the extent consistent with the requirements 
                under subsection (b)(1) and under this paragraph.
                    ``(D) Enforcement.--The Secretary shall, pursuant 
                to rulemaking, have authority to enforce and specify 
                appropriate penalties for noncompliance with the 
                requirement under subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to coverage of drugs prescribed on or after January 1, 2020.
Example Output:
Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act This bill&nbsp;generally requires, with specified exceptions,&nbsp;electronic prescribing under the Medicare prescription drug benefit with respect to covered drugs that are controlled substances.