,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ai1 #bjai,mr4 
,pascrell introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
guarantee that grants are made under the
 health profession opportunity grant    
program under section #bjjh of the      
,social ,security ,act to grantees in   
each ,state that is not a territory1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,health  
,opportunities to ,promote ,equity ,act 
or the ,,hope ,act4  #b4 ,guarantee of  
grantees in each ,state and the district
 of columbia2 reports to the ,congress  
,section #bjjh of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acig;g7 is amended 
by redesignating subsections 7c7 and 7d7
 as subsections 7d7 and 7e71            
respectively1 and by inserting after    
subsection 7b7 the following3  7c7      
,guarantee of grantees in each state and
 the district of columbia  7#a7 ,in     

general ,for each fiscal year1 the      
,secretary shall award a grant under    
this section to at least #b eligible    
entities in each ,state that is not a   
territory1 to the extent there are a    
sufficient number of applications       
submitted by the entities that meet the 
requirements applicable with the grant4 
,if1 for a fiscal year1 there are fewer 
than #b such eligible entities in such a
 ,state1 the ,secretary shall include   
that information in the report required 
by paragraph 7#b7 that covers the fiscal
 year4  7#b7 ,reports to the congress   
,during each ,congress1 the ,secretary  
shall submit to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means of the ,house of             
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,finance of the ,senate a report on1    
with respect to the period since the    
period covered in the most recent prior 
report submitted under this paragraph-- 
7,a7 the number of applications         
submitted under each subsection of this 
section2  7,b7 the number of the        

applications that were approved2 and    
7,c7 a description of how grants were   
made in any case described in the last  
sentence of paragraph 7#a74  4  #c4     
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this ,act shall take effect on ,october 
#a1 #bjai4