Healthcare Jobs: Training for Low-Income Workers
To provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in the health professions, and for other purposes.
This bill is currently in the House Committee on Ways and Means. It has not moved since September 16, 2025, and the committee must take action for it to proceed. Most bills like this do not receive a committee vote and do not move forward.
No action since September 2025
While the bill has many Democratic cosponsors, it faces a difficult path in a divided Congress and has not yet moved out of the committee stage.
Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
Applications that partner with labor unions or labor-management partnerships get preference when grants are awarded, giving unions a role in shaping training pipelines and potentially connecting graduates to union health care jobs. The effect is limited to unions active in the health care sector that choose to partner with grant applicants.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Senators Martin Heinrich and Ron Wyden reintroduced legislation providing $435 million annually for healthcare training. The bill targets low-income workers and includes support for doulas and individuals with past criminal records to enter the medical field.
Legislation reintroduced by Senators Heinrich and Wyden aims to create pathways to in-demand healthcare careers. The bill reauthorizes the Health Profession Opportunity Grant program, providing career coaching, job placement, and support services for low-income individuals.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
To provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in the health professions, and for other purposes.
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