Expanding Medical Education Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Mar 12, 2025
What it does
The Expanding Medical Education Act would create a grant program to support the establishment, improvement, or expansion of medical and osteopathic medical schools in underserved areas, with priority given to institutions proposing to open schools in regions without existing such schools or to minority-serving institutions. Grants would fund student recruitment and retention—particularly from disadvantaged, rural, low-income, and first-generation backgrounds—as well as curriculum development focused on rural and underserved care, faculty hiring, infrastructure, and accreditation efforts. Recipients would be required to submit annual reports, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services…
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Where it stands
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.