,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bj1 #bjbc,ms4 
,sewell introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to require
 geographical diversity in the provision
 of health profession opportunity grants
 under section #bjjh of the ,social     
,security ,act1 and to require the      
support services provided through the   
use of the grants to include a          
transportation assistance plan4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,rural ,health ,training            
,opportunities ,act4  #b4 ,geographical 
diversity in provision of grants2       
inclusion of transportation assistance  
plan among support services ,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 ,geographical       

diversity2 transportation assistance    
plan  7#a7 ,preference for applications 
for projects to serve a rural area ,in  
considering applications for a grant    
under this section1 the ,secretary shall
 give preference to applications which  
describe a demonstration project that   
will serve a rural area in which-- 7,a7 
the community in which the individuals  
to be enrolled in the project reside is 
located2  7,b7 the project will be      
conducted2 or  7,c7 an employer         
partnership that has committed to hiring
 individuals who successfully complete  
all activities under the project is     
located4  7#b7 ,support required to     
include transportation assistance plan  
,a project for which a grant is made    
under this section shall include a plan 
to provide project participants with    
transportation through means such as the
 following3 7,a7 ,referral to1 and      
assistance with enrollment in1 a        
subsidized transportation program4  7,b7
 ,if a subsidized transportation program

 is not reasonably available1 direct    
payments to subsidize transportation    
costs4  ,for purposes of this paragraph1
 the term transportation includes public
 transit1 or gasoline for a personal    
vehicle if public transit is not        
reasonably accessible or available4     
7#c7 ,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-- 7,a7 on1 with respect
 to the period since the period covered 
in the most recent prior report         
submitted under this paragraph-- 7i7 the
 number of applications submitted under 
each subsection of this section1 with a 
separate statement of the number of     
applications referred to in paragraph   
7#a72 and  7ii7 the number of the       
applications that were approved1 with a 
separate statement of the number of such
 applications referred to in paragraph  
7#a72 and  7,b7 that includes an        

assessment of the effectiveness of the  
demonstration projects conducted under  
this section with respect to addressing 
health professions workforce shortages  
or in-demand jobs in rural areas4  4    
#c4 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this ,act shall take effect on      
,october #a1 #bjbc4