Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 13
- Latest action
- Dec 4, 2025
What it does
The Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2025 would amend the Public Health Service Act to create grant programs for establishing new rural physician residency programs and providing technical assistance to support them. It would authorize $12.7 million annually from fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to fund grants to eligible entities—including nonprofit and for-profit organizations, Indian Tribes, rural hospitals, health centers, and graduate medical education consortia—to develop residency training pathways in primary care, high-need specialties, maternal health, or other Secretary-approved fields, with a focus on training physicians to practice in rural areas. Grants for…
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