native hawaiian health professions scholarship program

native hawaiian health professions scholarship program Sec. 106. Subpart III of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b, et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “SEC. 338J. NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS. “(a) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated under the authority of subsection (d), the Secretary shall provide scholarship assistance, pursuant to a contract with the Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, to students who— “(1) meet the requirements of section 338A(b), and “(2) are Native Hawaiians. “(b)(1) The scholarship assistance provided under subsection (a) shall be provided under the same terms and subject to the same conditions, regulations, and rules that apply to scholarship assistance provided under section 338A. “(2) The Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship program shall not be administered by or through the Indian Health Service. “(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘Native Hawaiian’ means any individual who is— “(1) a citizen of the United States, 102 STAT. 4788 “(2) a resident of the State of Hawaii, and “(3) a descendant of the aboriginal people, who prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignly in the area that now constitutes the State of Hawaii, as evidenced by— “(A) genealogical records, “(B) Kupuna (elders) or Kama’aina Gong-term community residents) verification, or “(C) birth records of the State of Hawaii. “(d) There are authorized to be appropriated $1,800,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992 for the purpose of funding the scholarship assistance provided under subsection (a).”.