Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Promoting Health Careers in Community and Technical Colleges Act”.
Promoting Health Careers in Community and Technical Colleges Act
A BILL
To ensure that health professions opportunity demonstration projects train project participants to earn a recognized postsecondary credential, and to clarify that community colleges are eligible for grants to conduct such a demonstration project.
Sec. 2 Health professions opportunity demonstration project grantees required to train project participants to earn a recognized postsecondary credential
Section 2008 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397g) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
“(c) Grantees required To train project participants To earn a recognized postsecondary credential—An eligible entity awarded a grant to conduct a demonstration project under this section shall train project participants to earn a recognized postsecondary credential, including an industry-recognized credential.”
Sec. 3 Eligibility of community colleges for grants to conduct health professions opportunity demonstration projects
Section 2008(a)(4)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397g(a)(4)(D)) is amended by striking “section 101” and inserting “sections 101 and 102(a)(1)(B)”.
Sec. 4 Effective date
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2021.