Rural Health Innovation Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Rural Health Innovation Act of 2025 adds two grant programs to the Public Health Service Act. Section 330Q creates rural health center innovation awards for Federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and entities that agree to establish such a center or clinic, including hospitals converting to FQHCs or rural health clinics. Section 330R creates competitive grants for rural health departments to provide emergency services, triage and transport to emergency departments, primary care, and services similar to emergency departments. Both programs run through the HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy and focus on keeping rural care infrastructure available when hospitals, clinics, and local health departments are under strain.
Who Benefits and How
Rural health clinics benefit because they can receive innovation awards to expand or stabilize care models. Federally qualified health centers benefit from grant funding for rural service innovation. Rural hospitals benefit if grants support conversion to FQHC or rural health clinic status. Rural residents benefit from stronger local emergency, triage, transport, and primary care services. Rural health departments benefit from enhancement grants for equipment, staffing, and service expansion.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HRSA's Office of Rural Health Policy must administer competitive grants and evaluate applications. Rural health departments must estimate equipment and staffing costs and demonstrate capacity to carry out services. Grant recipients must comply with federal application, reporting, and performance requirements. Federal taxpayers bear the cost of new rural health grant awards.
Key Provisions
- Creates a rural health center innovation awards program for FQHCs, rural health clinics, and converting hospitals.
- Creates rural health department enhancement grants for emergency, triage, transport, primary care, and similar services.
- Directs the HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy to administer the programs.
- Supports equipment, staffing, and service capacity in rural areas.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates rural health center innovation grants and rural health department enhancement grants through HRSA's Office of Rural Health Policy for clinics, FQHCs, hospitals converting to clinics, and rural public health departments.
Key Policy Areas
Rural Health, Public Health, Federal Grants
Primary Purpose
Creates rural health center innovation grants and rural health department enhancement grants through HRSA's Office of Rural Health Policy for clinics, FQHCs, hospitals converting to clinics, and rural public health departments.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Rural health clinics
- Federally qualified health centers
- Rural hospitals
- Rural residents
- Rural health departments
Identified Costs
- HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy
- Rural health departments
- Grant recipients
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Kustoff (for himself and Mr. Pappas) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Federally qualified health centers, Rural health clinics, Rural residents
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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