Health Professions Training Improvement Act of 1991

Summary

Health Professions Training Improvement Act of 1991 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that, in making competitive grants under provisions relating to health research and teaching facilities and training of professional health personnel or provisions relating to nurse education, priority be given to applicants providing certain services or having certain interactions with medically underserved communities. Requires that, after FY 1994, at least 50 percent of the amounts appropriated for such grants be awarded to institutions which meet requirements regarding the percentage of their graduates practicing in such communities. Mandates grants to health professions institutions to expand training programs targeted at individuals desiring to serve the needs of such communities. Authorizes appropriations. Mandates grants to regional consortia (comprised of at least one medical school and at least one health professions school that is not a medical school) to enhance and expand coordination among various health professions programs, particularly in medically underserved rural areas. Authorizes appropriations.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 23 May 1991

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