Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term clinical social worker has the meaning given the term in section 1861(hh)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(hh)(1)). The term Commission means the Social Work Reinvestment Commission established under section 101. The term community-based program means an agency, organization, or other entity, carrying out a program that provides direct social work services, or community development services, at a neighborhood, locality, or regional level, to address human service, health care, or psychosocial needs.
The term high need and high demand population means a group that lacks sufficient resources and, as a result, has a greater probability of being harmed by specific social, environmental, or health problems than the population as a whole. The group at issue may be a group residing in an area defined by the Health Resources and Services Administration as a health professional shortage area , which has a shortage of primary medical care, dental, or mental health providers. The term historically black college or university means a part B institution, as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1061 ).
The term minority-serving institution means an educational institution that serves a large percentage of minority students (as determined by the Secretary of Education), including Alaska Native-serving institutions, Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, Asian-American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, Predominantly Black Institutions, historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Native American-serving, nontribal institutions (which shall have the meanings given the terms in section 241(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1033(1))).
The term related professional researcher means a person who is professionally engaged in research in a social, political, economic, health, or mental health field. The research referred to in this paragraph is primarily conducted by doctoral level researchers under university, government, research institute, or community agency auspices. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The term social work means— the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore capacity for social and psychosocial functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to that enhancement or restoration; an activity, the practice of which consists of the professional application of values, principles, and techniques related to the professional activity described in subparagraph (A), including— diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders with individuals, families, and groups; helping communities or groups provide or improve social and health services and participating in relevant legislative processes; and helping people obtain tangible services; and an activity, the practice of which requires knowledge of— human development; behavior of social, economic, and cultural institutions; and the interaction of the factors described in clauses
(i)and (ii). The term social work researcher means a person who studies social work at the individual, family, group, community, policy, or organizational level, focusing across the human life span on prevention of, intervention in, treatment of, aftercare of, and rehabilitation from acute and chronic social and psychosocial conditions, and includes a person examining the effect of policies on social work practice. The study referred to in this paragraph is primarily conducted by researchers with doctoral degrees who are social workers or faculty under university, government, research institute, or community agency auspices. The term social worker means a graduate of a school of social work with a baccalaureate, master’s, or doctoral degree, who uses knowledge and skills to provide social work services for clients who may be individuals, families, groups, communities, organizations, or society in general.
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