Train More Primary Care Doctors Act of 2025

House Bill

H.R. 958

119th Congress

Train More Primary Care Doctors Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Feb 4, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Lauren Underwood

Representative

Democratic

IL-14

Cosponsors

3

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Health

Summary

This bill reauthorizes through fiscal year 2030 the HRSA Primary Care Training and Enhancement program. The program provides grants to hospitals, medical schools, and other entities for enhancing training and education of primary care physicians and other primary care providers.

Latest Action

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

AI Summary

Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill reauthorizes through fiscal year 2030 the HRSA Primary Care Training and Enhancement program. The program provides grants to hospitals, medical schools, and other entities for enhancing training and education of primary care physicians and other primary care providers.

Last updated: 1/6/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Train More Primary Care Doctors Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Primary Care Training and Enhancement program, which provides various grants to entities such as hospitals and schools for enhancing training and education for the primary care workforce.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Reauthorizes Primary Care Training program through FY2030
Funds grants for primary care workforce training
Supports hospitals and medical schools
Enhances primary care physician education
Addresses primary care provider shortages

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

Medical schools and hospitals would continue receiving federal support for training primary care doctors. This helps address shortages of family physicians, internists, and other primary care providers in underserved areas.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Health

Related Subjects

Employment and training programs

Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Medical education

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

958, 119th Congress (2025). "Train More Primary Care Doctors Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-958