119-hr3885

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3885 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3885

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide community-based 
 training opportunities for medical students in rural areas and 
 medically underserved communities, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 10, 2025

Mrs. Miller of West Virginia (for herself, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Graves, and 
 Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide community-based 
 training opportunities for medical students in rural areas and 
 medically underserved communities, 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 ``Community Training, Education, and 
Access for Medical Students Act of 2025'' or the ``Community TEAMS Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED TRAINING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS IN 
 RURAL AREAS AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

    (a) In General.--

Section 330A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254c) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsections

    (h) ,
            (i) , and

    (j) as 
 subsections
            (i) ,

    (j) , and

    (k) , respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after subsection

    (g) the following:
 ``

    (h) Grants for Community-Based Training for Medical Students in 
Rural Areas and Medically Underserved Communities.--
 ``

    (1) Grants.--The Director may award grants to eligible 
 entities to expand the availability of community-based training 
 for medical students in rural areas and medically underserved 
 communities to facilitate long-term, sustainable physician 
 practice in high-need communities by supporting medical student 
 clinical rotations in health care facilities in such areas and 
 communities, including in outpatient settings.
 ``

    (2) Period of grants.--A grant under this subsection 
 shall be for a period of 1 to 5 years, as determined by the 
 Director.
 ``

    (3) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
 subsection, an entity shall be a consortium of--
 ``
        (A) one or more osteopathic or allopathic medical 
 schools; and
 ``
        (B) one or more of the following:
 ``
            (i) A rural health clinic.
 ``
            (ii) A Federally qualified health center 
 (as defined in 

section 1861

    (aa) of the Social 
 Security Act).
 ``
            (iii) A health care facility located in a 
 medically underserved community.
 ``

    (4) Applications.--To seek a grant under this subsection, 
 an eligible entity, in consultation with the appropriate State 
 office of rural health or another appropriate State entity, 
 shall prepare and submit to the Director an application at such 
 time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
 Director may require, including--
 ``
        (A) a description of the project that the 
 eligible entity will carry out using the funds provided 
 through the grant;
 ``
        (B) an explanation of the reasons why Federal 
 assistance is required to carry out the project;
 ``
            (C) a description of the manner in which the 
 project funded through the grant will assure continuous 
 quality improvement in the provision of services by the 
 entity;
 ``
            (D) a description of how the populations in the 
 rural area or medically underserved community to be 
 served through the grant will experience increased 
 access to quality health care services across the 
 continuum of care as a result of the activities carried 
 out by the entity;
 ``
        (E) a plan for sustaining the project after 
 Federal support for the project has ended;
 ``
        (F) a description of how the project will be 
 evaluated; and
 ``
        (G) such other information as the Director 
 determines to be appropriate.''.

    (b) Conforming Changes.--

Section 330A of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 254c) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``and for the planning 
 and implementation of small health care provider quality 
 improvement activities'' and inserting ``for the planning and 
 implementation of small health care provider quality 
 improvement activities, and for expanding the availability of 
 community-based training for medical students in rural areas 
 and medically underserved communities'';

    (2) in subsection
            (d) (2) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``subsections

    (e) ,

    (f) , and

    (g) '' and inserting ``subsections

    (e) ,

    (f) ,

    (g) , and

    (h) ''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
        (B) --
            (i) in clause
            (ii) , by striking ``and'' at 
 the end;
            (ii) in clause
            (iii) , by striking the 
 period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iv) expand the availability of 
 community-based training for medical students 
 in rural areas and medically underserved 
 communities under subsection

    (h) .''; and

    (3) in subsection

    (j) , as redesignated, by striking 
 ``subsections

    (e) ,

    (f) , and

    (g) '' and inserting ``subsections

    (e) ,

    (f) ,

    (g) , and

    (h) ''.
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