Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5375 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5375 To remove barriers to health professions by providing resources to access foundational educational training, such as English language proficiency and adult basic education, and to require the provision of child care, in demonstration projects funded under the health profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 16, 2025 Ms. Chu introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To remove barriers to health professions by providing resources to access foundational educational training, such as English language proficiency and adult basic education, and to require the provision of child care, in demonstration projects funded 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 ``Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act''. SEC. 2. PROVISION OF FOUNDATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND CHILD CARE. Section 2008 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397g) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following: ``(c) Provision of Foundational Educational Training and Child Care.-- ``(1) Required support.--A demonstration project for which a grant is made under this section shall include the following: ``(A) An assessment for adult basic skill competency, and provision of adult basic skills education if necessary for lower-skilled eligible i