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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.''.
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.