YourVoice.Now Summary
Workers & JobsSets aside 15 percent of federal health-job training money for tribal groups — at least 10 grants.
Workers & Jobs
The Health Profession Opportunity Grants program pays to train people for health care jobs. Most of the money helps people with low incomes. Under the bill, 15 cents of every dollar would be held for tribes and tribal colleges.
The head of Health and Human Services would have to make at least 10 of these grants to tribal applicants. That floor applies only if enough of them apply and meet the rules.
The bill adds no new money to the program. So the pool that everyone else applies for would be smaller by the same 15 percent.
More about this bill
Federal money that trains people for health care jobs would be partly set aside for tribal communities. The Health Profession Opportunity Grants program pays for that training, mostly for people with low incomes. The bill would reserve 15 percent of the program's money each year for Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal colleges. It would also require at least 10 grants to go to those groups, if enough of them apply and qualify. The program's total funding would not grow. So the money open to all other applicants would shrink by the same 15 percent. The bill set a start date of October 1, 2025, which has already passed. It was introduced in September 2025 and is not law, so nothing has changed yet.
Congressional Summary
Tribal Healthcare Careers Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve a portion of Health Profession Opportunity Grants for Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal colleges and universities. HHS must award at least 10 grants to tribal applicants.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Action Date
- Date Added
- 2026-04-02
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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