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HR 954 100th Congress House Education Alabama Animals and Animal Protection Dentists Federal aid to medical education Federal aid to medical research Health Health education Louisiana Medical education Medical personnel Minorities Minorities in medicine Minority education Minority health care Pharmacists Physicians Scholarships Tennessee Veterinarians

Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act

Introduced: February 4, 1987 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 4, 1987
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Aug 4, 1987
For Further Action See S.769.
Aug 4, 1987
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 30, 1987
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Jul 30, 1987
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 20, 1987
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 18, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 4, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 4, 1987
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to empower the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to: (1) Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee; (2) Xavier University College of Pharmacy, New Orleans, Louisiana; (3) Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine, Tuskegee, Alabama; and (4) Meharry College of Dentistry, Nashville, Tennessee.

Requires each institution to use such grants to establish, in the pertinent health care discipline, a Center of Excellence, which shall: (1) improve the recruitment of minority students and high calibre minority faculty to the institution; (2) develop effective techniques for training minorities who will serve minority populations; and (3) establish scholarship programs to attract promising individuals to the Center's programs.

Sets forth additional uses for the grants to the institutions, to include: (1) maintenance of a communications network to disseminate information concerning health promotion among minorities; (2) development of patient educational materials tailored to the needs of minority populations; (3) establishment of a research program focusing on the needs of minority women and teenagers; (4) study of alternative models for health care delivery systems; and (5) consultation and assistance by the recipient institutions to other medical schools to aid the latter in effecting more productive education and service programs for minority populations.

Enumerates specific grant projects appropriate to the subject matter expertise of each of the four institutions eligible to receive the grants.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1991.

What's happening now August 4, 1987

Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

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