HR 13596 · 93th Congress ·
American Indian Health Care Education and Improvement Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.(1974-03-19)
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American Indian Health Care Education and Improvement Act - Expresses the findings of Congress. Declares that it is the policy of this Nation to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make scholarship grants to specified health care individuals who agree to provide their professional services to Indians after completion of training. Prescribes the priorities to be followed in awarding such scholarships and the procedures to be followed if an individual fails to comply. Authorizes appropriations totaling $92,000,000 for fiscal years 1975 through 1978, and $36,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 and each succeeding fiscal year. Empowers the Secretary to make scholarship grants to Indians for undergraduate programs in the health care areas. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make scholarship grants to individuals who: (1) are currently employed by the Indian Health Service and who agree to …
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