Sec. 201. Community health and wellness navigators pilot program: connecting America’s health professionals with our schools
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award grants to 5 or more States for the establishment of a community navigator program, consisting of each such State making subgrants to 1 or more eligible entities for a local community navigator program described in subsection (b). A local community navigator program described in this subsection shall consist of the following: An eligible entity, in partnership with a local educational agency, a bureau-funded school, or a nonprofit health or education organization, will hire and train 2 or more community navigators.
The community navigators will facilitate a relationship between the eligible entity and the local educational agency, bureau-funded school, or nonprofit health or education organization in low-income communities to ensure increased access to medical care through educating parents and school administrators. The community navigators will carry out educational activities for elementary school and secondary school students and their parents in low-income communities with the goal of— increasing familial intake of nutritious meals; increasing physical activity both in and out of the school setting; and increasing access to medical care.
The community navigators will specifically recognize and address that there are subgroups that are shown to have particular barriers to physical activities, such as persons with disabilities. Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the program under this section. In this section: The term bureau-funded school has the meaning given such term in section 1146 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026).
The terms elementary school , local educational agency , and secondary school have the meanings given to such terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). The term eligible entity includes a Federally qualified health center (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa) )), a facility operated by the Indian Health Service (including a facility operated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization through a contract or compact with the Service under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)), a free-standing children’s hospital that is described in subparagraph
(L)or
(M)of section 340B(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4) ), a non-profit with demonstrated effectiveness in the area of health care and with a focus on serving low-income communities, a rural hospital, and a rural health clinic. The term low-income communities includes— communities with a high percentage of children eligible for free and reduced priced lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. ); and any other communities determined by the Secretaries to be low-income for purposes of this section. The term nonprofit health or education organization shall be defined by the Secretary. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The term State includes the District of Columbia and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2015 and 2016.
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