Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 1.djvu/743

 PUBLIC LAW 100-97—AUG. 18, 1987

101 STAT. 713

Public Law 100-97 100th Congress An Act To provide g r a n t s to support excellence in minority health professions education.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act". FINDINGS AND PURPOSES

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress makes the following findings: (1) Minority health care needs are currently greater than the health care needs of the general population. ] (2) While the number of health professionals has increased, i there are still shortages of health professionals from minority groups and there has been a drop in the enrollment of minority individuals in some health professions education programs. (3) Health professionals from minority groups have critical roles in serving low-income minority populations, particularly in inner-city areas and rural areas, i (4) Historically, minority schools have developed a special capacity to conduct activities to prepare health professionals to serve minority populations. (5) Health professions schools which train a disproportionate number of minority students also provide a disproportionate amount of health care services to minority populations. (6) A disproportionate number of minority students trained at the schools described in paragraph (5) choose to practice in underserved areas. (7) In the United States— (A) there are only 4 schools of medicine, 2 schools of dentistry, and 4 schools of pharmacy which focus predominantly on minority health professions education, and 40 percent of black physicians, 50 percent of all black dentists, and 25 percent of all black pharmacists have trained at one of those schools; and (B) there is only 1 school of veterinary medicine which focuses predominantly on the training of minority students, and that school has trained 75 percent of all black veterinarians. (b) The purposes of this Act are to— (1) strengthen the national capacity to train minority students in the health professions; and (2) support the health professions schools which have trained a significant number of the Nation's minority health professionals and enable those schools to supply health professionals to serve minority populations in underserved areas.

Aug. 18, 1987 [S. 769] Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act. 42 USC 201 note. 42 USC 295g-8a note.

ASSISTANCE

SEC. 3. Part F of title VII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting before section 788B the following new section: "GRANTS FOR MINORITY EDUCATION

"SEC. 788A. (a) The Secretary shall make grants to health professions schools to assist such schools in supporting programs of excellence in health professions education for minority individuals. A grant under this section shall be used by a health professions school to—

Schools and colleges. 42 USC 295g-8a.

�