119-hr5374

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5374 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5374

 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.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 16, 2025

 Mr. Doggett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Ways and Means

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 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.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Health Careers in 
Community and Technical Colleges Act''.

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--

    (1) by striking ``

section 101'' and inserting ``sections 
 101 and 102

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) ''; and

    (2) by striking ``(20 U.S.C. 1001)'' and inserting ``(20 
 U.S.C. 1001 and 1002

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) )''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2025.
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