Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act of 1990

Summary

Minority Health Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health the Office of Minority Health, to be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Deputy Assistant Secretary, with respect to minority health, to carry out the duties of the office, including: (1) establishing goals and coordinating departmental activities: (2) increasing the participation of minorities in health service and promotion programs, and in data collection and research; (3) establishing a national minority health resource center to facilitate information exchange; (4) support research; and (5) develop health information and teaching programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to provide to residents of public housing: (1) primary health services; (2) referrals and follow-up services; and (3) health counseling and education services. Requires, subject to waiver, that services covered by Medicaid be provided by providers qualified to receive Medicaid payments. Requires that services be provided at locations immediately accessible to residents of public housing. Allows grant funds to be used to: (1) train public housing residents to provide health screenings and provide educational services; and (2) provide health services to individuals who are not residents of public housing. Authorizes appropriations. Replaces provisions mandating grants to health professions schools for programs of excellence in education for minorities with similar provisions, adding detailed eligibility requirements. Designates a school receiving a grant as a Center of Excellence in Minority Health Professions Education, a Hispanic Center of Excellence in Health Professions Education, or a Native American Center of Excellence in Health Professions Education. Requires public and nonprofit private schools to maintain the level of non-Federal spending at least at the level of the preceding fiscal year, but applies that requirement to nonprofit private schools only to the extent of the non-Federal amounts available to the school. Authorizes appropriations. Requires that the Federal capital contribution to a student loan fund under existing provisions, the school contribution to the fund, and collected principal and interest be used only for making loans to minorities and for collection costs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to health professions schools for scholarships to minorities. Allows a limited percentage of the grant amounts to be used to assist undergraduates committed to a career in the health professions. Sets forth requirements for schools which receive the Federal capital contributions or the grants for scholarships, including: (1) recruiting minority students and minority faculty; (2) ensuring instruction on minority health issues; (3) making arrangements with secondary and undergraduate institutions regarding the educational preparation of minority students to enter the health professions; (4) providing students experience in clinics which provide services to a significant number of minority individuals; (5) establishing a mentor program. Authorizes appropriations for the Federal capital contributions and for the grants for scholarships. Directs the Secretary to establish a program in which the Federal Government agrees to repay a limited amount of the educational loans of minority individuals who agree to serve as members of the faculties of eligible health professions schools. Requires, subject to waiver, that the school where an individual serves on the faculty agree to repay an amount equal to the Federal payment. Authorizes appropriations. Amends provisions relating to the National Center for Health Statistics to direct the Secretary to encourage States and registration areas to obtain detailed data on ethnic and racial populations, including subpopulations of Hispanics and Asian Americans. Requires an annual collection of data from a statistically valid sample concerning the general health, illness, and disability of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Specifies elements required to be addressed on an annual or rotating basis. Directs the Secretary to collect and analyze health data specific to particular ethnic and racial populations. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Center, to make grants, with regard to ethnic and racial populations and subpopulations, for: (1) the conduct of surveys or studies; (2) analysis of data; and (3) research on methods for developing statistics. Exempts such surveys or studies from provisions prohibiting the release of information if the establishment or person supplying the information is identifiable. Authorizes appropriations for the activities of the National Center for Health Statistics. Repeals provisions: (1) prohibiting making a grant or contract under provisions relating to the Center that may be entered into under another provision; and (2) mandating assessments of health manpower shortages and a related report to the Congress.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN

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• Received in Senate (text)

  Received in Senate · EN

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN

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• Enrolled Bill (text)

  Enrolled Bill · EN

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 7 November 1990

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 10 October 1990

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 September 1990

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