II
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 64
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 4, 2007
Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Inouye) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs to assist individuals in pursuing health careers and programs of grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Strengthen Social Work Training Act of
2007
.
Social work students
Health professions schools
Section 736(g)(1)(A) of the
Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C.
293(g)(1)(A)) is amended by striking graduate program in
behavioral or mental health
and inserting graduate program in
behavioral or mental health, including a school offering graduate programs in
clinical social work, or programs in social work
.
Scholarships
Section
737(d)(1)(A) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293a(d)(1)(A))
is amended by striking mental health practice
and inserting
mental health practice (including graduate programs in clinical
psychology, graduate programs in clinical social work, or programs in social
work)
.
Faculty positions
Section 738(a)(3) of the
Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C.
293b(a)(3)) is amended by striking offering graduate
programs in behavioral and mental health
and inserting offering
graduate programs in behavioral and mental health, including graduate programs
in clinical psychology, graduate programs in clinical social work, or programs
in social work
.
Geriatrics training projects
Section
753(b)(1) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 294c(b)(1)) is
amended by inserting schools offering degrees in social work,
after teaching hospitals,
.
Social work training program
Subpart 2 of part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295 et seq.) is amended—
by redesignating section 770 as section 770A;
by inserting after section 769, the following:
Social work training program
Training generally
The Secretary may make grants to, or enter into contracts with, any public or nonprofit private hospital, any school offering programs in social work, or to or with a public or private nonprofit entity that the Secretary has determined is capable of carrying out such grant or contract—
to plan, develop, and operate, or participate in, an approved social work training program (including an approved residency or internship program) for students, interns, residents, or practicing physicians;
to provide financial assistance (in the form of traineeships and fellowships) to students, interns, residents, practicing physicians, or other individuals, who—
are in need of such assistance;
are participants in any such program; and
plan to specialize or work in the practice of social work;
to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of individuals who plan to teach in social work training programs; and
to provide financial assistance (in the form of traineeships and fellowships) to individuals who are participants in any such program and who plan to teach in a social work training program.
Academic administrative units
In general
The Secretary may make grants to or enter into contracts with schools offering programs in social work to meet the costs of projects to establish, maintain, or improve academic administrative units (which may be departments, divisions, or other units) to provide clinical instruction in social work.
Preference in making awards
In making awards of grants and contracts under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give preference to any qualified applicant for such an award that agrees to expend the award for the purpose of—
establishing an academic administrative unit for programs in social work; or
substantially expanding the programs of such a unit.
Duration of award
The period during which payments are made to an entity from an award of a grant or contract under subsection (a) may not exceed 5 years. The provision of such payments shall be subject to annual approval by the Secretary and subject to the availability of appropriations for the fiscal year involved to make the payments.
Funding
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010.
Allocation
Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make available not less than 20 percent for awards of grants and contracts under subsection (b).
; and
in section 770A
(as redesignated by paragraph (1)) by inserting other than section
770,
after carrying out this subpart,
.
Clinical social worker services
Section 1302 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300e–1) is amended—
in paragraphs (1)
and (2), by inserting clinical social worker,
after
psychologist,
each place the term appears;
in paragraph
(4)(A), by striking and psychologists
and inserting
psychologists, and clinical social workers
; and
in paragraph (5),
by inserting clinical social work,
after
psychology,
.