Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6468

Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2025

Rural Healthcare: Grants for Training Doctors in Rural Areas

Dec 4, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: A house committeeNo action in 7 months

This bill is sitting in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce where it must be reviewed before it can move forward. No action has been taken on this proposal since December 2025. Because it has not moved for seven months, the bill is considered stalled.

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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.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 7855 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 7855 (118th) →

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.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Dec 4, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Dec 4, 2025

Introduced in House

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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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D: 4R: 3

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