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Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2003
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Committee
Latest Action · January 7, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S70-71)
Congress
108th (2003–2005)
Introduced
January 7, 2003
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make disadvantaged students enrolled in social work programs eligible for scholarships. Makes schools offering social work programs eligible for assistance for certain disadvantaged faculty programs, programs to support excellence in health profession education for minorities, and programs to support geriatric training projects.Authorizes grants to, or contracts with, hospitals, schools offering programs in social work, or other entities for the development of social work training programs and financial assistance to participants and teachers of such programs.Authorizes grants to, or contracts with, schools offering programs in social work to meet the costs of projects to establish or maintain administrative units to provide clinical instruction in social work.Authorizes and allocates appropriations.Adds "clinical social worker" to specified profession definitions under health maintenance organization provisions.

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