1. Short title This section may be cited as the Pathways to Health Careers Act . 2. Career pathways through health profession opportunity grants Effective October 1, 2023, section 2008 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397g ) is amended to read as follows: 2008. Career pathways through health profession opportunity grants (a) Application requirements An eligible entity desiring a grant under this section for a project shall submit to the Secretary an application for the grant, that includes the following: (1) A description of how the applicant will use a career pathways approach to train eligible individuals for health professions that pay well or will put eligible individuals on a career path to an occupation that pays well, under the project. (2) A description of the adult basic education and literacy activities, work readiness activities, training activities, and case management and career coaching services that the applicant will use to assist eligible individuals to gain work experience, connection to employers, and job placement, and a description of the plan for recruiting, hiring, and training staff to provide the case management, mentoring, and career coaching services, under the project directly or through local governmental, apprenticeship, educational, or charitable institutions. (3) In the case of an application for a grant under this section for a demonstration project described in subsection (c)(2)(B)(i)(I)— (A) a demonstration that the State in which the demonstration project is to be conducted has in effect policies or laws that permit certain allied health and behavioral health care credentials to be awarded to people with certain arrest or conviction records (which policies or laws shall include appeals processes, waivers, certificates, and other opportunities to demonstrate rehabilitation to obtain credentials, licensure, and approval to work in the proposed health careers), and a plan described in the application that will use a career pathway to assist participants with such a record