Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6468 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6468 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize rural residency planning and development grant programs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 4, 2025 Mrs. Miller of West Virginia (for herself, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, 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 authorize rural residency planning and development grant 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 ``Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. RURAL RESIDENCY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 330A-2 (42 U.S.C. 254c-1b) the following: ``SEC. 330A-3. RURAL RESIDENCY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND RURAL RESIDENCY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. ``(a) Rural Residency Planning and Development Program.-- ``(1) Grants.-- ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may award grants to eligible entities to establish new rural residency programs (including adding new rural training sites to existing rural track programs). ``(B) Funding.--Grants awarded under this subsection may be fully funded at the time of the award. ``(C) Term.--The term of a grant under this subsection shall be 3 years and may be extended at the discretion of the Secretary. ``(2) Applications.-- ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible enti