Federal grant programs that help rural communities access healthcare would be renewed through 2030. These grants fund outreach services, health care networks, and quality improvement efforts for small rural providers — the kinds of clinics and hospitals that serve towns where the nearest major medical center might be hours away. The bill also adds a requirement that grant money specifically reach rural underserved populations and involve those communities in how the projects are designed and run.
Congressional Summary
Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 grant programs administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that provide funding to health care service providers and related entities in rural areas. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes grants for expanding the delivery of health care services in rural areas, developing integrated health care networks (i.e., collaborative groups of local health care organizations) in rural areas, and improving the quality of services provided by small health care providers in rural areas.Also, the bill requires HRSA to ensure that grant funds for expanding services or developing health care networks are used to (1) meet the health care needs of underserved populations, and (2) engage such populations in the planning and implementation of related activities.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-03-31
- Date Added
- 2026-04-16