119-hr3670

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3670 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3670

To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish within the 
Indian Health Service an Office of Graduate Medical Education Programs, 
 and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 2, 2025

 Ms. Stansbury (for herself and Ms. Leger Fernandez) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
 committee concerned

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 A BILL

To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish within the 
Indian Health Service an Office of Graduate Medical Education Programs, 
 and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``IHS Provider Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE OFFICE OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION 
 PROGRAMS.

 Title I of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1611 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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SEC. 125. OFFICE OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

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    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary, acting through the Service, 
(in this section referred to as the `Secretary') shall establish within 
the Service an Office of Graduate Medical Education Programs (in this 
section referred to as the `Office').
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    (b) Duties.--The Office shall have the following duties:
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    (1) To create a pipeline for future health care 
 professionals, paraprofessionals, and other health-related 
 professionals (as identified by the Secretary) to participate 
 in residency and fellowship programs.
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    (2) To oversee current residency and fellowship programs 
 at facilities of the Service and facilitate the establishment 
 of additional residency programs that support recruitment and 
 retention of health care professionals, paraprofessionals, and 
 other health-related professionals (as identified by the 
 Secretary) working at such facilities.
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    (3) To serve as the central hub for residency programs at 
 facilities of the Service.
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    (4) To work in consultation or coordination with academic 
 institutions.
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    (5) To coordinate medical student and elective rotational 
 and education track programs.
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            (c) Interagency Working Group.--
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    (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
 Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Labor, the 
 Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
 Administration, and the Administrator of the Centers for 
 Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall establish an interagency 
 working group (in this subsection referred to as the `working 
 group') to assist the Secretary in establishing the Office 
 under subsection

    (a) , including by--
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        (A) supporting the implementation of the Office; 
 and
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        (B) developing long-term planning for long-term 
 sustainability of the Office.
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    (2) Quarterly reports.--Not later than the date that is 
 120 days after the date of enactment of this section, and every 
 3 months thereafter, the working group shall submit to Congress 
 a report on the activities of the working group.
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    (3) Termination.--The working group shall terminate on 
 the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this 
 section.
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            (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subject to the availability 
of appropriations, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section, not less than--
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    (1) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; and
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    (2) $4,000,000 for each subsequent fiscal year.''.
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