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H.R. 9005 116th Congress House

Health Workforce Diversity Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Blac… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges or Universities, regional community-based organizations, and national minority medical associations, for counseling, mentoring and providing information on financial assistance to prepare underrepresented minority individuals to enroll in and graduate from health professional schools and to increase services for underrepresented minority students, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 17, 2020 Introduced by: Jesús G. "Chuy" García Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action December 17, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Workforce Diversity Act

This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to support diversity in the health care workforce, including by awarding grants to minority-serving colleges and universities and other organizations to prepare minority individuals underrepresented in the health care workforce to enroll in health professional schools.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 6637 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020
  • HR 8200 EHDC Act of 2020
  • S 4819 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9005: Health Workforce Diversity Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9005/
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"H.R. 9005: Health Workforce Diversity Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9005/.
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H.R. 9005, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9005/.
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