Sec. 5. Health professions training for diversity programs
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Section 736(c) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 293(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to designated health professions schools, or other public or nonprofit health or educational entities, meeting the requirements of this section that propose to— carry out the activities supported by this section in communities with a high rate of community trauma; or recruit participants for activities supported by this section from communities with a high rate of community trauma.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term community with a high rate of community trauma means a community with a high rate of intergenerational poverty, civil unrest, or discrimination, and may include— a community with an age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths that is above the national average for age-adjusted rates of drug overdose deaths, as determined by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and a community with an age-adjusted rate of violence-related (or intentional) injury deaths that is above the national average for age-adjusted rates of violence-related (or intentional) injury deaths, as determined by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. .
Section 737(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 293a(b) ) is amended— in the subsection heading by striking ; in Providing Scholarships by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary ; and by adding at the end the following: In making grants under this subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to eligible entities that propose to— carry out the activities supported by this section in communities with a high rate of community trauma; or award scholarships under this section to full-time students who are eligible individuals from communities with a high rate of community trauma.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term community with a high rate of community trauma has the meaning given that term in section 736(c)(4)(B). . Section 739(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 293c(b) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
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(4)as subparagraphs
(A)through (D), respectively, and indenting appropriately; by striking In making and inserting the following: In making ; and by adding at the end the following: In making awards to eligible entities under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall give preference to approved applications for programs proposing to— carry out the activities supported by this section in communities with a high rate of community trauma; or recruit for activities supported by this section individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, as so determined, from communities with a high rate of community trauma. For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term community with a high rate of community trauma has the meaning given that term in section 736(c)(4)(B). . Section 751(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 294a(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In awarding grants under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2), the Secretary shall give preference to eligible entities that propose to— carry out the activities supported by this section in communities with a high rate of community trauma; or recruit participants for activities supported by this section from communities with a high rate of community trauma. For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term community with a high rate of community trauma has the meaning given that term in section 736(c)(4)(B). .
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