Congress·In Committee·H.R. 935

Health Care Workforce Innovation Act of 2025

Health Care Workforce: Training for Rural and Underserved Areas

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

Part of: Health Care Workforce Innovation Act

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StalledNext up: A house committeeNo action in 17 months

This bill is currently sitting in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. No action has been taken on the proposal since February 2025, which means it has been stalled for about 17 months. The bill must be reviewed by this committee before it can move forward, but it is not showing any signs of progress.

Legislative Progress

House

No action since February 2025

Senate

President

Law

Could go either way

This bill has support from both parties and addresses a common problem in rural areas. However, many similar bills are introduced every year and only a small number actually become law.

How we got here

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

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 7307 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 7307 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill creates a new program to train people for essential medical jobs. These include roles like medical assistants, dental hygienists, pharmacy technicians, and emergency medical workers. It also covers support jobs like medical billing and health care translators.
The program focuses on rural towns and neighborhoods that struggle with a shortage of medical staff. It gives special priority to training programs that help people from disadvantaged backgrounds start careers in their own communities.
Local health centers and trade schools can receive grants of up to $2.5 million. They can use this money to start apprenticeships, buy training tools, or build partnerships with local high schools to show students how to enter the medical field.
The goal is to help more people find steady jobs in health care while making sure patients in small towns can get the care they need. The government will favor programs that can be easily copied in other towns to help even more people.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

Feb 4, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Feb 4, 2025

Introduced in House

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

No votes or news coverage recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Health Care Workforce Innovation Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 935

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Data Sources

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Sponsor

Cosponsors

(14)

D: 13R: 1

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