119-hr5382

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5382 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5382

 To improve training requirements for health profession opportunity 
 grant programs and exclude assistance provided by those programs from 
 income tax, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 16, 2025

 Mr. Panetta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Ways and Means

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 A BILL

 To improve training requirements for health profession opportunity 
 grant programs and exclude assistance provided by those programs from 
 income tax, 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 ``Health Career Advancement and 
Remuneration Exclusion for Training Act'' or the ``Health CARE Training 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR HEALTH PROFESSION OPPORTUNITY GRANT 
 PARTICIPANTS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 2008

    (a)

    (2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397g

    (a)

    (2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (D) Training.--A demonstration project conducted 
 by an eligible entity awarded a grant under this 
 subsection shall provide to an eligible individual 
 participating in the project who is being trained to 
 qualify for a recognized post-secondary credential 
 (including an industry-recognized credential, and a 
 certificate awarded by a local workforce development 
 board established under 

section 107 of the Workforce 
 Innovation and Opportunity Act) which is awarded in 
 recognition of attainment of measurable technical or 
 occupational skills necessary to gain employment or 
 advance within an occupation, a number of hours of such 
 training that is not less than--
 ``
            (i) the number of hours of training 
 required for certification of that level of 
 skill by the State in which the project is 
 conducted; or
 ``
            (ii) if there is no such requirement, 
 such number of hours of training as the 
 Secretary finds is necessary to achieve that 
 skill level.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection

    (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2025.

SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER A HEALTH PROFESSIONS 
 WORKFORCE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX.

    (a) In General.--

Section 2008

    (a)

    (2)
        (A)
            (ii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397g

    (a)

    (2)
        (A)
            (ii) ) is amended to read as follows:
 ``
            (ii) Income disregard.--Amounts paid to 
 an eligible individual as a cash stipend or as 
 emergency assistance under a project for which 
 a grant is made under this section shall not be 
 considered income for any purpose under the 
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and an entity 
 making such a payment shall not be required to 
 submit an information return under subtitle F 
 of such Code with respect to the payment.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection

    (a) shall 
apply with respect to amounts paid on or after October 1, 2025.
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