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S. 2954: Health Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-09-30 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Health Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2025

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Health Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2025 This bill establishes grants to (1) cover the tuition of certain students at health professions schools, (2) expand enrollment at health professions schools, and (3) assist health care practitioners with relocating their practices to rural areas. The Department of Education must provide grants to students at schools of medicine, dentistry, and nursing to fully pay their tuition and required fees. Medical students must agree to practice primary care for 10 years after graduation, and dentistry students must agree to practice in a rural area for 10 years after graduation. If recipients fail to complete such service, the grants become loans requiring repayment of up to $50,000. Additionally, the bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, with a focus on psychiatry and primary care residencies. It also reauthorizes through FY2035 the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, which supports education and training of medical students in primary care residency programs in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must provide 10-year grants to schools of medicine, dentistry, and nursing to expand student enrollment, such as through educational partnerships and modernizing programs. HRSA must also provide grants to physicians, dentists, and nurses to assist with relocating their practices to rural areas. Grant recipients must agree to practice in the new location for at least three years.

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Health Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2025

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Record fed-us-cong119-s2954 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills