119-hr5386

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5386 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5386

 To provide for technical assistance under the health profession 
 opportunity grant program under 

section 2008 of the Social Security 
 Act.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 16, 2025

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

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 A BILL

 To provide for technical assistance under the health profession 
 opportunity grant program under 

section 2008 of the Social Security 
 Act.

 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 ``Technical Assistance for Health 
Grants Act''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--

Section 2008 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b)

    (4) , by striking subparagraph
            (D) ; and

    (2) by redesignating subsections
            (c) and
            (d) as subsections
            (d) and

    (e) and inserting after subsection

    (b) the following:
 ``
            (c) Technical Assistance.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide technical 
 assistance--
 ``
        (A) to assist eligible entities in applying for 
 grants under this section;
 ``
        (B) that is tailored to meet the needs of 
 grantees at each stage of the administration of 
 projects for which grants are made under this section;
 ``
            (C) that is tailored to meet the specific needs 
 of Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal 
 colleges and universities;
 ``
            (D) that is tailored to meet the specific needs 
 of the territories;
 ``
        (E) that is tailored to meet the specific needs 
 of eligible entities in carrying out demonstration 
 projects for which a grant is made under this section; 
 and
 ``
        (F) to facilitate the exchange of information 
 among eligible entities regarding best practices and 
 promising practices used in the projects.
 ``

    (2) Peer technical assistance conferences.--The Secretary 
 shall hold peer technical assistance conferences for entities 
 to which a grant is made under this section.
 ``

    (3) Report to the congress.--During each Congress, the 
 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of 
 the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
 the Senate a report on the nature of any technical assistance 
 provided to grantees under this section.''.

    (b) Funding.--

Section 2008
            (c) (1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397
            (c) (1) ) 
is amended by inserting ``, and to carry out subsection
            (c) $15,000,000 
for fiscal year 2026'' before the period.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2025.
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