1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness for Health Act of 2019 or the EMPOWER for Health Act of 2019 . 2. Reauthorization of health professions workforce programs (a) Centers of excellence Subsection (i) of section 736 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 293 ) is amended to read as follows: (i) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $24,897,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. . (b) Health professions training for diversity Section 740 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 293d ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking $51,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014 and inserting $51,419,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 ; (2) in subsection (b), by striking $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 and inserting $1,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024