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1 ‘‘(2) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
2 ‘‘(3) $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.
3 ‘‘(4) $59,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.
4 ‘‘(5) $62,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.
5 ‘‘(6) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.
6 ‘‘(7) $68,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.
7 ‘‘(8) $72,000,000 for fiscal year 2017.
8 ‘‘(9) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.
9 ‘‘(10) $79,000,000 for fiscal year 2019.’’.
10 (b) EXISTING AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
11 TIONS.—Subpart (a) of section 770 (42 U.S.C. 295e) is
12 amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’.
13 Subtitle D—Adapting Workforce to
14 Evolving Health System Needs
15 PART 1—HEALTH PROFESSIONS TRAINING FOR

16 DIVERSITY

17 SEC. 2241. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STU-

18 DENTS, LOAN REPAYMENTS AND FELLOW-

19 SHIPS REGARDING FACULTY POSITIONS, AND

20 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN THE HEALTH

21 PROFESSIONS REGARDING INDIVIDUALS

22 FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS.

23 Paragraph (1) of section 738(a) (42 U.S.C. 293b(a))

24 is amended by striking ‘‘not more than $20,000’’ and all
25 that follows through the end of the paragraph and insert-

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1 ing: ‘‘not more than $35,000 (plus, beginning with fiscal
2 year 2012, an amount determined by the Secretary on an
3 annual basis to reflect inflation) of the principal and inter-
4 est of the educational loans of such individuals.’’.
5 SEC. 2242. NURSING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY GRANTS.

6 Subsection (b) of section 821 (42 U.S.C. 296m) is

7 amended—
8 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GUIDANCE’’
9 and inserting ‘‘CONSULTATION’’; and
10 (2) by striking ‘‘shall take into consideration’’
11 and all that follows through ‘‘consult with nursing
12 associations’’ and inserting ‘‘shall, as appropriate,
13 consult with nursing associations’’.
14 SEC. 2243. COORDINATION OF DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL

15 COMPETENCY PROGRAMS.

16 Title VII (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.) is amended by in-

17 serting after section 739 the following:
18 ‘‘SEC. 739A. COORDINATION OF DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL

19 COMPETENCY PROGRAMS.

20 ‘‘The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, co-

21 ordinate the activities carried out under this part and sec-
22 tion 821 in order to enhance the effectiveness of such ac-
23 tivities and avoid duplication of effort.’’.

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1 PART 2—INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING

2 PROGRAMS

3 SEC. 2251. CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCY

4 TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE PROFES-

5 SIONALS.

6 Section 741 (42 U.S.C. 293e) is amended—

7 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘GRANTS
8 FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION’’ and in-
9 serting ‘‘CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCY
10 TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS’’;
11 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
12 section (h); and
13 (3) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
14 following:
15 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a cul-
16 tural and linguistic competency training program for
17 health care professionals, including nurse professionals,
18 consisting of awarding grants and contracts under sub-
19 section (b).
20 ‘‘(b) CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMPETENCY
21 TRAINING.—The Secretary shall award grants and con-
22 tracts to eligible entities—
23 ‘‘(1) to test, develop, and evaluate models of
24 cultural and linguistic competency training (includ-
25 ing continuing education) for health professionals;
26 and
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1 ‘‘(2) to implement cultural and linguistic com-
2 petency training programs for health professionals
3 developed under paragraph (1) or otherwise.
4 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant or con-
5 tract under subsection (b), an entity shall be—
6 ‘‘(1) an accredited health professions school or
7 program;
8 ‘‘(2) an academic health center;
9 ‘‘(3) a public or private nonprofit entity; or
10 ‘‘(4) a consortium of 2 or more entities de-
11 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3).
12 ‘‘(d) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants and con-
13 tracts under this section, the Secretary shall give pref-
14 erence to entities that have a demonstrated record of the
15 following:
16 ‘‘(1) Addressing, or partnering with an entity
17 with experience addressing, the cultural and lin-
18 guistic competency needs of the population to be
19 served through the grant or contract.
20 ‘‘(2) Addressing health disparities.
21 ‘‘(3) Placing health professionals in regions ex-
22 periencing significant changes in the cultural and
23 linguistic demographics of populations, including
24 communities along the United States-Mexico border.

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1 ‘‘(4) Carrying out activities described in sub-
2 section (b) with respect to more than one health pro-
3 fession discipline, specialty, or subspecialty.
4 ‘‘(e) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall carry out
5 this section in consultation with the heads of appropriate
6 health agencies and offices in the Department of Health
7 and Human Services, including the Office of Minority
8 Health.
9 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘health
10 disparities’ has the meaning given to the term in section
11 3171.
12 ‘‘(g) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the
13 Congress an annual report on the program carried out
14 under this section.’’.
15 SEC. 2252. INNOVATIONS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE

16 TRAINING.

17 Part D of title VII (42 U.S.C. 294 et seq.) is amend-

18 ed by adding at the end the following:
19 ‘‘SEC. 759. INNOVATIONS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE

20 TRAINING.

21 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish an in-

22 novations in interdisciplinary care training program con-
23 sisting of awarding grants and contracts under subsection
24 (b).

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1 ‘‘(b) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall
2 award grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible enti-
3 ties—
4 ‘‘(1) to test, develop, and evaluate health pro-
5 fessional training programs (including continuing
6 education) designed to promote—
7 ‘‘(A) the delivery of health services through
8 interdisciplinary and team-based models, which
9 may include patient-centered medical home
10 models, medication therapy management mod-
11 els, and models integrating physical, mental, or
12 oral health services; and
13 ‘‘(B) coordination of the delivery of health
14 care within and across settings, including health
15 care institutions, community-based settings,
16 and the patient’s home; and
17 ‘‘(2) to implement such training programs de-
18 veloped under paragraph (1) or otherwise.
19 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant or con-
20 tract under subsection (b), an entity shall be—
21 ‘‘(1) an accredited health professions school or
22 program;
23 ‘‘(2) an academic health center;

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1 ‘‘(3) a public or private nonprofit entity (includ-
2 ing an area health education center or a geriatric
3 education center); or
4 ‘‘(4) a consortium of 2 or more entities de-
5 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3).
6 ‘‘(d) PREFERENCES.—In awarding grants and con-
7 tracts under this section, the Secretary shall give pref-
8 erence to entities that have a demonstrated record of the
9 following:
10 ‘‘(1) Training the greatest percentage, or sig-
11 nificantly increasing the percentage, of health pro-
12 fessionals who serve in underserved communities.
13 ‘‘(2) Broad interdisciplinary team-based collabo-
14 rations.
15 ‘‘(3) Addressing health disparities.
16 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the
17 Congress an annual report on the program carried out
18 under this section.
19 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
20 ‘‘(1) The term ‘health disparities’ has the
21 meaning given the term in section 3171.
22 ‘‘(2) The term ‘interdisciplinary’ means collabo-
23 ration across health professions and specialties,
24 which may include public health, nursing, allied
25 health, and appropriate medical specialties.’’.

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1 PART 3—ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

2 WORKFORCE EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

3 SEC. 2261. HEALTH WORKFORCE EVALUATION AND ASSESS-

4 MENT.

5 Subpart 1 of part E of title VII (42 U.S.C. 294n

6 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
7 ‘‘SEC. 764. HEALTH WORKFORCE EVALUATION AND ASSESS-

8 MENT.

9 ‘‘(a) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Secretary, acting

10 through the Assistant Secretary for Health, shall establish
11 a permanent advisory committee to be known as the Advi-
12 sory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation and As-
13 sessment (referred to in this section as the ‘Advisory Com-
14 mittee’).
15 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Advisory Committee
16 shall—
17 ‘‘(1) not later than 1 year after the date of the
18 establishment of the Advisory Committee, submit
19 recommendations to the Secretary on—
20 ‘‘(A) classifications of the health workforce
21 to ensure consistency of data collection on the
22 health workforce; and
23 ‘‘(B) based on such classifications, stand-
24 ardized methodologies and procedures to enu-
25 merate the health workforce;

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