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H.R. 9005

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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.
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · December 17, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
December 17, 2020
Sponsor
Rep. Jesus GarciaD
Cosponsors (0)
None
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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.

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