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H.R. 954

Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act

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.

Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

Rep. Boner, William H. [D-TN-5](D-TN)Sponsor
105 cosponsors91 D14 R
105cosponsors1committees10actions1related bills21subjects
  1. CommitteeH19000

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  2. CommitteeH19100

    For Further Action See S.769.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  3. CommitteeH15000-B

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  4. CommitteeH23000

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.

    Health and Environment Subcommittee
  5. CommitteeH22000

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Health and Environment Subcommittee
  6. CommitteeH21000

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Health and Environment Subcommittee
  7. CommitteeH11000

    Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

    Health and Environment Subcommittee
  8. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  9. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  10. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House