1.
This Act may be cited as the
Strengthen Social Work Training Act of
2005
.
2.
(a)
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
.
(b)
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)
.
(c)
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
.
3.
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,
.
4.
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—
(1)
by redesignating section 770 as section 770A;
(2)
by inserting after section 769, the following:
770.
Social work training program
(a)
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—
(1)
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;
(2)
to provide financial assistance (in the form of traineeships
and fellowships) to students, interns, residents, practicing physicians, or
other individuals, who—
(A)are in need of
such assistance;
(B)are participants
in any such program; and
(C)plan to
specialize or work in the practice of social work;
(3)
to plan, develop, and operate a program for the training of
individuals who plan to teach in social work training programs; and
(4)
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.
(b)
Academic administrative units
(1)
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.
(2)
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—
(A)
establishing an academic administrative unit for programs in
social work; or
(B)
substantially expanding the programs of such a unit.
(c)
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.
(d)
(1)
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2008.
(2)
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
(3)
in section 770A (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) by inserting
other than section 770,
after carrying out this
subpart,
.
5.
Clinical social worker services
Section 1302 of the
Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C.
300e–1) is amended—
(1)
in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting clinical social
worker,
after psychologist,
each place the term
appears;
(2)
in paragraph (4)(A), by striking and psychologists
and inserting psychologists, and clinical social workers
;
and
(3)in paragraph (5),
by inserting clinical social work,
after
psychology,
.