,i  #aad? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #bgji  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,june #aj1 #bjae ,ms4 
,roybal-,all>d introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &
 ,comm]ce  ,a ,,bill  ,to au?orize !    
,secret>y ( ,heal? & ,human ,s]vices to 
aw>d grants = c>e] support = skill$     
int]nationally educat$ heal?            
pr(essionals4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act
 may be cit$ z ! ,pr(essional's ,access 
,to ,heal? ,work=ce ,integration ,act ( 
#bjae4  #b4 ,c>e] support = skill$1     
int]nationally educat$ heal?            
pr(essionals  7a7 ,f9d+s ,congress f9ds 
! foll[+3  7#a7 ,accord+ to !           
,association ( ,s*ools ( ,public ,heal?1
 projections indicate a nationwide      
%ortage ( up to #bej1jjj public heal?   
work]s ne$$ by #bjbj4  7#b7 ,simil>     
tr5ds are project$ = o!r heal?          
pr(essions indicat+ %ortages across     
discipl9es1 includ+ )9 ! fields ( nurs+ 
7#ejj1jjj by #bjbe71 d5ti/ry 7#ae1jjj by
 #bjbe71 ph>macy 7#ch1jjj by #bjcj71    

m5tal & behavioral heal?1 prim>y c>e    
7#df1jjj by #bjbe71 & community & alli$ 
heal?4  7#c7 ,a nationwide heal? work=ce
 %ortage w result 9 s]i\s heal? ?reats &
 m sev]e & co/ly heal? c>e ne$s1 due to1
 9 "p1 a delay$ response to food-borne  
outbreaks1 em]g+ infecti\s diseases1    
natural disa/]s1 few] canc] scre5+s1 &  
delay$ treatm5t4  7#d7 ,vuln]able &     
und]s]v$ populations & heal? pr(essional
 %ortage areas w be mo/ sev]ely impact$ 
by ! heal? work=ce %ortage4  7#e7       
,accord+ to ! ,migration ,policy        
,in/itute1 ov] #b1jjj1jjj               
college-educat$ immigrants 9 ! ,unit$   
,/ates today are unemploy$ or           
und]employ$ 9 l[- or semi-skill$ jobs t 
fail to draw on _! education & exp]tise4
  7#f7 ,approximately #b out ( e #e     
int]nationally educat$ immigrants are   
unemploy$ or und]employ$4  7#g7 ,accord+
 to ,drexel ,univ]sity ,c5t] = ,labor   
,m>kets & ,policy1 und]employm5t =      
int]nationally educat$ immigrant wom5 is
 #bh p]c5t high] ?an = _! male          

c\nt]p>ts4  7#h7 ,accord+ to ! ,drexel  
,univ]sity ,c5t] = labor m>kets &       
policy1 ! mean annual e>n+s (           
und]employ$ immigrants 7 #cb1jjj1 or #dc
 p]c5t less ?an ,unit$ ,/ates born      
college graduates employ$ 9 ! college   
labor m>ket4  7#i7 ,accord+ to ,upw>dly 
,global & ! ,welcome ,back ,initiative1 
) prop] guidance & support1 und]employ$ 
skill$ immigrants typically increase _! 
income by #bae p]c5t to #ijj p]c5t4     
7#aj7 ,accord+ to ! ,brook+s ,in/itution
 & ! ,p>tn]%ip = a ,new ,am]ican        
,economy1 immigrants work+ 9 ! heal?    
work=ce are1 on av]age1 bett] educat$   
?an ,unit$ ,/ates-born work]s 9 ! heal? 
work=ce4  7b7 ,grants to eligible       
entities  7#a7 ,au?ority to provide     
grants ,! ,secret>y ( ,heal? & ,human   
,s]vices act+ ?r\gh ! ,bureau ( ,heal?  
,work=ce )9 ! ,heal? ,res\rces &        
,s]vices ,adm9i/ration1 ! ,national     
,in/itute on ,m9ority ,heal? & ,heal?   
,disp>ities1 or ! ,(fice ( ,m9ority     
,heal? 79 ?is section ref]r$ to z !     

,secret>y7 may aw>d grants to eligible  
entities to c>ry out activities describ$
 9 subsection 7c74  7#b7 ,eligibility   
,to be eligible to receive a grant "u   
?is section1 an entity %all-- 7,a7 be a 
cl9ical1 public heal?1 or heal? s]vices 
organization1 a community-bas$ or       
nonpr(it entity1 an academic in/itution1
 a fai?-bas$ organization1 a ,/ate1     
c\nty1 or local gov]nm5t1 an ,area      
,heal? ,education ,c5t]1 or ano!r entity
 det]m9$ appropriate by ! ,secret>y2 &  
7,b7 submit to ! ,secret>y an           
application at su* "t1 9 su* mann]1 &   
conta9+ su* in=mation z ! ,secret>y may 
require4  7c7 ,au?oriz$ activities ,a   
grant aw>d$ "u ?is section %all be us$--
 7#a7 to provide s]vices to assi/       
unemploy$ & und]employ$ skill$          
immigrants1 resid+ 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 :o
 h legal1 p]man5t "w au?orization & :o  
are int]nationally educat$ heal?        
pr(essionals1 ent] into ! ,am]ican heal?
 work=ce ) employm5t mat*+ _! heal?     
pr(essional skills & education1 &       

advance 9 employm5t to positions t bett]
 mat* _! heal? pr(essional education &  
exp]tise2  7#b7 to provide tra9+        
opportunities to r$uce b>ri]s to entry &
 advancem5t 9 ! heal? work=ce = skill$1 
int]nationally educat$ immigrants2  7#c7
 to educate employ]s reg>d+ ! abilities 
& capacities ( int]nationally educat$   
heal? pr(essionals2  7#d7 to assi/ 9 !  
evaluation ( =eign cr$5tials2 &  7#e7 to
 facilitate access to contextualiz$ &   
accel]at$ c\rses on ,engli% z a second  
language4  7d7 ,def9ition ,9 ?is        
section3 7#a7 ,! t]m heal? pr(essional  
means an individual tra9$ = employm5t or
 int5d$ employm5t 9 ! field ( public    
heal?1 heal? managem5t1 d5ti/ry1 heal?  
adm9i/ration1 m$ic9e1 nurs+1 ph>macy1   
psy*ology1 social "w1 psy*iatry1 o!r    
m5tal & behavioral heal?1 alli$ heal?1  
community heal? or wellness "w1 includ+ 
fitness & nutrition1 or o!r fields z    
det]m9$ appropriate by ! ,secret>y4     
7#b7 ,! t]m und]employ$ means be+       
employ$ at less skill$ tasks ?an an     

employee's tra9+ or abilities w\ld      
o!rwise p]mit4  7e7 ,au?orization (     
appropriations ,!re is au?oriz$ to be   
appropriat$ to c>ry out ?is section su* 
sums z may be necess>y = ea* ( fiscal   
ye>s #bjaf ?r\gh #bjbj4