H.R. 487 (105th): Minority Health Improvement Act of 1997

Introduced:
Jan 21, 1997 (105th Congress, 1997–1998)
Sponsor:
Rep. William Richardson [D-NM3]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on January 21, 1997, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

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Introduced Jan 21, 1997
Cosponsors
none
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House Energy and Commerce

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Full Title

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the health of individuals who are members of minority groups, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Jan 21, 1997.
58 pages

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1/21/1997--Introduced.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I - Offices of Minority Health; Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Title II: Health Professions Programs Title III: Research Minority Health Improvement Act of 1997
Title I - Offices of Minority Health; Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the duties of the Office of Minority Health and establish the Advisory Committee on Minority Health. Modifies provisions regulating grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to carry out the Office's duties. Authorizes appropriations.
Section 102 -
Mandates the establishment of an Office of Minority Health in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Substance Abuse and Mental health Services Administration. Authorizes, for those agencies (and for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with regard to its Office of Research on Minority Health), reservation of a specified percentage of amounts appropriated to those agencies and to NIH to carry out the duties of such offices.
Section 103 -
Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Title II - Health Professions Programs
Replaces provisions mandating grants for scholarships for students of exceptional financial need with provisions authorizing scholarships to financially needy individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for attendance at schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, and graduate mental health practice. Requires recipients to contract to provide health services in a health professional shortage area. Authorizes appropriations. Repeals provisions relating to obligated service regarding certain programs. Replaces provisions authorizing grants for health professions schools for scholarships with provisions authorizing scholarships to financially needy individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for attendance at schools of veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatric medicine, public health, or allied health.
Section 203 -
Revises requirements concerning loan repayments and fellowships regarding faculty positions. Authorizes appropriations.
Section 204 -
Modifies requirements regarding programs of excellence in health professions education for minority individuals. Adds graduate programs in mental health practice to the definition of "health professions school." Authorizes appropriations.
Section 205 -
Replaces provisions relating to educational assistance regarding undergraduates with provisions authorizing grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts for recruiting and providing services, preliminary education, stipends, experience, and academic instruction to elementary, secondary, or higher education students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations to carry out: (1) the provisions of this section; and (2) provisions at the beginning of this title.
Section 206 -
Modifies requirements regarding the terms and conditions of nursing school loans.
Section 207 -
Authorizes appropriations for Federal capital contributions to student loan funds: (1) under specified provisions by schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine; and (2) for loans to and loan collections from individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Section 208 -
Requires area health education centers to provide continuing medical education regarding minority health. Changes requirements regarding the use of funds appropriated for centers.
Title III - Research
Mandates: (1) a plan for how the NIH's Office of Research on Minority Health will carry out its duties; and (2) establishment of the Advisory Committee on Research on Minority Health.
Section 302 -
Modifies the population focus of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
Section 303 -
Authorizes appropriations for health statistical and epidemiological activities of the National Center for Health Statistics.

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