EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS.

SEC. 611. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. (a) Authority for Stipends for Additional Categories of Stu-dents.—Section 787(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 295g~7(aX2)) is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (E); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (f) and inserting “; and”; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (f) the following new paragraph: “(G) paying such stipends as the Secretary may approve for such individuals for any period of education at any school described in subsection (a)(1), except schools of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry.”. (b) Increased Enrollments.—Section 787 (42 U.S.C. 295g–7) is amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and by adding after subsection (a) the following: “(b)(1) Schools of medicine, osteopathy, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, allied health, chiropractic, podiatry, and public and nonprofit schools that offer graduate programs in clinical psychology that receive a grant under subsection (a) shall, during a period of 3 years commencing on the date of the award of the grant, increase their first year enrollments of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds by at least 20 percent over enrollments in the base year 1987. “(2) The Secretary shall give priority for funding, in years subsequent to the expiration of the 3-year period described in paragraph (1)— “(A) to schools that attain such increase in their first year enrollment by the end of such 3-year period, and “(B) to schools that attain a 20 percent increase over such base year enrollment. 102 STAT. 3132 “(3) The requirement for at least a 20 percent increase in such enrollment shall apply only to those schools referred to in paragraph (1) that have a total enrollment of such individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds that is less than 200 percent of the national average total enrollment of such individuals in all schools of each health professions discipline. “(4) Determination of both first year and total enrollment of such individuals shall be made by the Secretary in accordance with section 708.”. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.—Section 787(c) (42 U.S.C. 295g-7(c)) (as so redesignated) is amended in the first sentence by striking “and” after “1987,” and by inserting before the period the following: “, $31,200,000 for fiscal year 1989, $34,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $36,000,000 for fiscal year 1991”. (d) Set-Asides.—Section 787(c) (42 U.S.C. 295g-7(c)) (as so redesignated) is amended in the second sentence by striking “Not less” and all that follows through “fiscal year” and inserting the following: “Of the amounts appropriated under this section for any fiscal year, 10 percent shall be obligated for community-based programs and 70 percent”. (e) Stipends.—Section 787(c) (42 U.S.C. 295g-7(c)) (as so redesignated) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Such stipends shall be administered and awarded in the same manner and subject to the same regulations as scholarships under section 758.”. (f) Report.—Not later than September 30, 1991, the Secretary shall prepare and submit, to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report that develops a tracking system to evaluate— (1) the success of the programs established under section 787 of the Public Health Service Act in enhancing the professional education of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; and (2) the gains experienced by institutions in the retention of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.”.