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Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6468

Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2025

Rural Healthcare: Grants for Training Doctors in Rural Areas

4 months ago·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. It is actively moving forward as it waits for the committee to review it. There are no upcoming votes or hearings scheduled at this time.

Passage Likelihood

45%Possible

The bill has support from both parties and addresses a major national problem, but it still needs to move through a busy committee and find a spot on the full House calendar.

  • ·Bipartisan cosponsors
  • ·Addresses rural doctor shortages
  • ·Specific funding amounts included
  • ·Referred to House Energy and Commerce Committee

Legislative Progress

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Key Points

  • This bill creates a grant program to help rural hospitals and medical schools start new training programs for doctors. It provides $12.7 million every year from 2026 to 2030 to help these facilities build the infrastructure needed to teach new physicians.
  • The grants focus on training doctors in high-need areas like family medicine, mental health, and general surgery. It also specifically targets maternal health and pregnancy care, which are often hard to find in small towns.
  • To qualify for the money, a program must ensure that doctors in training spend more than half of their time working in rural areas. The goal is to encourage these doctors to stay and practice in those communities after they finish their training.
  • The bill also sets up a support system to help small hospitals apply for these grants. This ensures that even small facilities with limited staff can get the help they need to start a successful training program.

Milestones

2 milestones2 actions
Dec 4, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Dec 4, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

Related Bills

1 bill
H.R. 3890Related bill

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025

Jun 10 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 6468
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Sponsor

Cosponsors

(7)
D: 4R: 3

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