Sec. 3. Grants for career support for skilled, internationally educated health professionals
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services acting through the Bureau of Health Workforce of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health, or the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) may award 5 grants to eligible entities for career support for skilled, internationally educated health professionals, as described in subsection (c).
To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall— be a clinical, public health, or health services organization, a community-based or nonprofit entity, an academic institution, a faith-based organization, a State, county, or local government, an Area Health Education Center, or another entity determined appropriate by the Secretary; and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
Subject to the requirement in subsection (d), a grant awarded under this section shall be used— to provide services to assist unemployed and underemployed skilled immigrants, residing in the United States, who have legal, permanent work authorization and who are internationally educated health professionals— to enter into the United States health workforce with employment matching their health professional skills and education; and to advance in employment to positions that better match their health professional expertise and education; to provide training opportunities to reduce barriers to entry and advancement in the health workforce for skilled, internationally educated immigrants; to educate employers regarding the abilities and capacities of internationally educated health professionals; to assist in the evaluation of the foreign credentials of skilled, internationally educated health professionals; and to facilitate access to contextualized and accelerated courses on English as a second language for skilled, internationally educated health professionals.
As a condition on receipt of a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall agree to require each health professional or immigrant receiving assistance pursuant to the grant (as described in paragraph (1), (2), (4), or
(5)of subsection (c)) to commit to provide health care services to a medically underserved community for a service period determined under paragraph (2). The duration of service period under paragraph
(1)for an individual— shall not exceed 1 year; and shall be determined by the eligible entity receiving the grant under this section, in consultation with the Secretary. The Secretary shall determine the remedies to be made applicable in agreements pursuant to paragraph
(1)for the breach by an individual of the service commitment required by such paragraph. The period of a grant under this section shall be 3 years. An eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall use amounts provided through the grant— to measure the impacts of activities funded through the grant over the 3-year grant period; and to submit a reports to the Secretary on the results of such measurements. To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2021.