Community TEAMS Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3885 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3885

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide community-based
    training opportunities for medical students in rural areas and
       medically underserved communities, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2025

Mrs. Miller of West Virginia (for herself, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Graves, and
   Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide community-based
    training opportunities for medical students in rural areas and
       medically underserved communities, 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 ``Community Training, Education, and
Access for Medical Students Act of 2025'' or the ``Community TEAMS Act
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED TRAINING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS IN
              RURAL AREAS AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 330A of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 254c) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as
        subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
    ``(h) Grants for Community-Based Training for Medical Students in
Rural Areas and Medically Underserved Communities.--
            ``(1) Grants.--The Director may award grants to eligible
        entities to expand the availability of community-based training
        for medical students in rural areas and medically underserved
        communities to facilitate long-term, sustainable physician
        practice in high-need communities by supporting medical student
        clinical rotations in health care facilities in such areas and
        communities, including in outpatient settings.
            ``(2) Period of grants.--A grant under this subsection
        shall be for a period of 1 to 5 years, as determined by the
        Director.
            ``(3) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this
        subsection, an entity shall be a consortium of--
                    ``(A) one or more osteopathic or allopathic medical
                schools; and
                    ``(B) one or more of the following:
                            ``(i) A rural health clinic.
                            ``(ii) A Federally qualified health center
                        (as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social
                        Security Act).
                            ``(iii) A health care facility located in a
                        medically underserved community.
            ``(4) Applications.--To seek a grant under this subsection,
        an eligible entity, in consultation with the appropriate State
        office of rural health or another appropriate State entity,
        shall prepare and submit to the Director an application at such
        time, in such manner, and containing such information as the
        Director may require, including--
                    ``(A) a description of the project that the
                eligible entity will carry out using the funds provided
                through the grant;
                    ``(B) an explanation of the reasons why Federal
                assistance is required to carry out the project;
                    ``(C) a description of the manner in which the
                project funded through the grant will assure continuous
                quality improvement in the provision of services by the
                entity;
                    ``(D) a description of how the populations in the
                rural area or medically underserved community to be
                served through the grant will experience increased
                access to quality health care services across the
                continuum of care as a result of the activities carried
                out by the entity;
                    ``(E) a plan for sustaining the project after
                Federal support for the project has ended;
                    ``(F) a description of how the project will be
                evaluated; and
                    ``(G) such other information as the Director
                determines to be appropriate.''.
    (b) Conforming Changes.--Section 330A of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 254c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and for the planning
        and implementation of small health care provider quality
        improvement activities'' and inserting ``for the planning and
        implementation of small health care provider quality
        improvement activities, and for expanding the availability of
        community-based training for medical students in rural areas
        and medically underserved communities'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsections
                (e), (f), and (g)'' and inserting ``subsections (e),
                (f), (g), and (h)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' at
                        the end;
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) expand the availability of
                        community-based training for medical students
                        in rural areas and medically underserved
                        communities under subsection (h).''; and
            (3) in subsection (j), as redesignated, by striking
        ``subsections (e), (f), and (g)'' and inserting ``subsections
        (e), (f), (g), and (h)''.
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