3.0.0 2954 2026-07-07T16:29:10Z 2026-07-07T16:29:10Z Senate S S 2025-09-30 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2954 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-09-30T19:37:45Z 2025-09-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2025-09-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernie Sanders I VT N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2025-09-30 True Health Health 2025-12-10T18:58:19Z 00 2025-09-30 Introduced in Senate 2026-07-07T16:28:03Z 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.

]]> Health Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2025 Display Title 45 Health Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2025 2025-10-17T06:23:14Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Health Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2025 2025-10-17T06:23:13Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to establish grant programs for health professional schools, and for other purposes. 2025-10-17T06:18:18Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-09-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s2954is/xml/BILLS-119s2954is.xml 2025-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.