HR-2106 — Expanding Medical Education Act

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Targeted & Unrelated ProvisionsTransparency & Accountability

Grants to open or grow medical schools where doctors are scarce — minority-serving colleges get priority too

Targeted & Unrelated Provisions

Grant priority for minority-serving colleges — wherever they are located

Health officials would put two groups first: colleges opening a school in an underserved area with no medical school, and minority-serving colleges like historically Black and Hispanic-serving colleges. The second group gets priority no matter where it builds.

Transparency & Accountability

Public reports on new medical school grants — every five years

Health officials would report to Congress every five years on who got grants, how many students enrolled and graduated, and the effect on care in underserved areas. The reports must be posted on the health department's website.

More about this bill

Areas short on doctors could get new medical schools. Health officials could give grants to colleges to open, improve, or grow schools that train doctors. That covers regular (M.D.) and osteopathic (D.O.) schools, plus branch campuses. The bill sets no dollar amount. Congress would decide how much to spend. Two kinds of colleges would go first. One is a college building a school where none exists, in an area short on doctors or care. The other is a minority-serving college, such as a historically Black or Hispanic-serving college. Schools that get money must recruit and keep students. That includes students who are low-income, rural, the first in their family at college, or from underrepresented racial groups. They must also teach care for rural and underserved patients. Every five years, health officials would post a public report on the results. The bill was introduced in the House in March 2025 and sent to the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Congressional Summary

Expanding Medical Education Act This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, to establish or expand medical schools. In awarding these grants, HHS must prioritize minority-serving institutions or those that propose to establish or expand schools in medically underserved communities or areas with shortages of health professionals where no such schools exist.

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Introduced in House
Action Date: 2025-03-14
Date Added: 2026-10-15
Source: Congress.gov →

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