Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2019 This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to accredited education programs to increase diversity in the physical-therapy, occupational-therapy, audiology, and speech-language pathology professions. Grants may be used to provide scholarships or to support recruitment and retention of students from underrepresented groups.
Allied health servicesHealth programs administration and fundingHearing, speech, and vision careHigher educationLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedical educationMinority education
Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-3637| House
| Updated: 7/10/2019
Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2019 This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to accredited education programs to increase diversity in the physical-therapy, occupational-therapy, audiology, and speech-language pathology professions. Grants may be used to provide scholarships or to support recruitment and retention of students from underrepresented groups.
Allied health servicesHealth programs administration and fundingHearing, speech, and vision careHigher educationLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedical educationMinority education