Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2021 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, respiratory 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 servicesCardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability and paralysisEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHearing, speech, and vision careHigher educationLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedical educationMinority educationMinority employmentStudent aid and college costs
Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2021
USA117th CongressS-1679| Senate
| Updated: 5/18/2021
Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2021 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, respiratory 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 servicesCardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability and paralysisEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHearing, speech, and vision careHigher educationLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedical educationMinority educationMinority employmentStudent aid and college costs