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HR-8209House2026-07-02Health

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the school-based health centers grant program.

YourVoice.Now SummaryAverage Household Impact

Public schools that run on-site health clinics for students would keep receiving federal grant money under this bill. These school-based health centers provide medical, dental, and mental health services to children, often filling gaps in areas where families lack easy access to a doctor. The current funding authorization, which covered 2022 through 2026, is replaced with a fixed $55,000,000 per year for 2027 through 2031. Students and families who rely on these campus clinics for checkups, vaccinations, and other care are the ones affected by whether this funding continues.

Average Household Impact

  • School-based health center funding — Reauthorized at $55 million a year through fiscal year 2031

Congressional Summary

This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration for school-based health centers. School-based health centers are health clinics that are located in or near school facilities, provide primary health care services to children and adolescents during school hours, and are administered by a hospital or certain public or nonprofit entities.

Details

Congress
119th
Chamber
House
Status
summarized
Action
Reported to House
Action Date
2026-07-02
Date Added
2026-07-17
Source
Congress.gov →

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