Sec. 3. Grant program to recruit and mentor American Indian and Alaska Native youth and young adults
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Subpart 3 of part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295f et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary shall make grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for the purpose of recruiting and mentoring American Indian and Alaska Native youth and young adults in health professions. An Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under subsection
(a)shall use the grant funds— to expose American Indian and Alaska Native adolescent youth or young adults to health professions; to promote science education; to establish mentoring relationships between— American Indian and Alaska Native youth or young adults; and health professionals; to provide hands-on learning experiences in a health care setting; to establish partnerships with institutions of higher education (including tribal colleges), local educational agencies, and other community-based entities to develop a larger and more competitive applicant pool for health professional careers; or to provide counseling, mentoring, and other services designed to assist American Indian and Alaska Native youth or young adults in the pursuit of higher education with respect to health professions. In this section: The term health profession has the meaning given to the term Health profession in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1603 ). The term Indian tribe has the meaning given to such term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1603 ). The term tribal organization has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. .
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