To provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in the health professions, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5370 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5370 To provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in the health professions, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 16, 2025 Mr. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Neal, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Chu, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Plaskett, and Mr. Suozzi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in the health professions, 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 section may be cited as the ``Pathways to Health Careers Act''. SEC. 2. CAREER PATHWAYS THROUGH HEALTH PROFESSION OPPORTUNITY GRANTS. Effective October 1, 2025, section 2008 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397g) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 2008. CAREER PATHWAYS THROUGH HEALTH PROFESSION OPPORTUNITY GRANTS. ``(a) Application Requirements.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this section for a project shall submit to the Secretary an application for the grant, that includes the following: ``(1) A description of how the applicant will use a career pathways approach to train eligible individuals for health professions that pay well or will put eligible individuals on a career path to an occupation that pays well, under the project. ``(2) A description of the adult basic education and literacy activit