New grants would help train doctors to serve Tribal, rural, and medically underserved communities.
This bill would set up a new grant program to help public universities train medical students. The goal is to encourage these future doctors to work in areas that don't have enough primary care physicians, like Tribal, rural, and medically underserved communities. This means more doctors could be available in places that need them most.
Currently, there is no specific federal grant program under the Public Health Service Act to fund public universities for training primary care doctors for underserved areas. If this bill passes, a new grant program would be established. It would authorize $75,000,000 for each of the government's budget years from 2026 through 2028. This would allow eligible public universities to receive at least $1,000,000 annually. The grants would specifically train medical students for these communities.
HR 5428 · 119th Congress · September 17, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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