Territory Health Revitalization Act

Territory Health Revitalization Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve a portion of funding under the health profession opportunity grant program for U.S. territories and makes the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for program grants (which provide low-income individuals with education and training in health care occupations).

HHS must award at least two grants in U.S. territories.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3335 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3335

 To provide a set-aside of funds for the territories under the health 
 profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social 
Security Act, to make the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
            eligible for the grants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2019

     Mr. Neal (for himself and Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide a set-aside of funds for the territories under the health 
 profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social 
Security Act, to make the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
            eligible for the grants, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Territory Health Revitalization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SET-ASIDE FOR THE TERRITORIES.

    Section 2008(c)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397g(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ``5 percent of which for each 
fiscal year shall be reserved for grants to States other than the 50 
States and the District of Columbia'' before the period.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA 
              ISLANDS.

    Section 2008(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397g(a)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (E).

SEC. 4. GUARANTEE OF GRANTEES IN THE TERRITORIES.

    Section 2008(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397g(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Guarantee of grantees in the territories.--
                The Secretary shall award at least 2 grants under this 
                subsection to an eligible entity that is located in a 
                territory, to the extent there are a sufficient number 
                applications submitted by such an eligible entity that 
                meet the requirements of subparagraph (B).''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2019.
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