HEADs UP Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The HEADs UP Act amends section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. It adds individuals with developmental disabilities, as defined in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, to the populations served by federally supported health centers. It authorizes HHS to award grants to existing health centers to establish or operate new delivery sites for comprehensive primary health services, including dental care, for a special medically underserved population made up of individuals with developmental disabilities. Grant recipients must provide specialized treatment as needed, including specially trained dental care services, and grant funds must supplement rather than supplant existing health center spending or in-kind contributions.
Who Benefits and How
Individuals with developmental disabilities benefit because health centers can receive targeted grants to create sites for their primary and dental care needs. Families of people with developmental disabilities benefit from more accessible health center services and specialized treatment. Health centers benefit from grant authority to establish or operate new delivery sites for this medically underserved population. Dental providers trained for developmental disability care benefit from demand for specialized services at funded health centers.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HHS health center staff must administer grants and enforce supplement-not-supplant conditions. Grant-recipient health centers must provide specialized treatment and specially trained dental services as a condition of funding. Health center administrators must document that federal funds add to rather than replace existing expenditures or in-kind support. Federal taxpayers bear the cost of any grants made under the new authority.
Key Provisions
- Adds individuals with developmental disabilities to the section 330 health center medically underserved population framework.
- Authorizes grants for existing health centers to establish or operate new delivery sites.
- Requires comprehensive primary health services, dental care, specialized treatment, and specially trained dental services.
- Requires grant funds to supplement rather than supplant existing health center spending or in-kind contributions.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Adds individuals with developmental disabilities to health center medically underserved populations and authorizes grants for existing health centers to establish or operate new sites providing comprehensive primary care, dental care, and specialized treatment for that population.
Key Policy Areas
Health Centers, Disability Services, Dental Care
Primary Purpose
Adds individuals with developmental disabilities to health center medically underserved populations and authorizes grants for existing health centers to establish or operate new sites providing comprehensive primary care, dental care, and specialized treatment for that population.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Individuals with developmental disabilities
- Families of people with developmental disabilities
- Health centers
- Dental providers
Identified Costs
- HHS health center staff
- Grant-recipient health centers
- Health center administrators
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Moulton (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Morelle, …
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Families of people with developmental disabilities, Individuals with developmental disabilities
Grant-recipient health centers, Health centers
Positive-direction: Health centers
Negative-direction: Grant-recipient health centers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
Learn more about our methodology