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.
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Miller of West Virginia (for herself, Mr. Veasey, Mr. …
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Community TEAMS Act of 2025 creates a new federal grant program to train medical students in rural areas and medically underserved communities. The goal is to address physician shortages in these areas by giving medical students hands-on clinical experience in the communities that need doctors most, making them more likely to practice there long-term.
Who Benefits and How
Medical schools (both osteopathic and allopathic) gain access to federal grants lasting 1-5 years to establish or expand training partnerships with rural and underserved healthcare facilities. Rural health clinics, Federally qualified health centers, and healthcare facilities in underserved areas benefit from hosting medical students, building relationships with future physicians, and potentially improving their recruitment pipelines. Rural and medically underserved communities ultimately benefit from increased access to healthcare as more physicians choose to practice in their areas.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal taxpayers fund the grant program through the Health Resources and Services Administration. Grant applicants must prepare detailed applications including project descriptions, quality improvement plans, sustainability strategies, and evaluation methods, creating administrative burden for participating medical schools and healthcare facilities. There is no direct financial burden on private entities, as participation is voluntary.
Key Provisions
- Creates grants for consortia that include at least one medical school and at least one rural/underserved healthcare facility
- Grants support medical student clinical rotations in outpatient and other healthcare settings
- Grant periods range from 1 to 5 years at the Director's discretion
- Applicants must demonstrate how their projects will increase healthcare access and ensure quality improvement
- Applicants must include sustainability plans for continuing programs after federal funding ends
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
The bill aims to enhance medical education by providing grants for community-based training opportunities in rural areas and medically underserved communities, ultimately facilitating long-term physician practice in these regions.
Policy Domains
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Health Service Agency (implied)
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services (implied)
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The bill amends Section 330A of the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for expanding community-based medical student training in rural and underserved areas, promoting long-term physician practice.
The Community Training, Education, and Access for Medical Students Act of 2025 or the Community TEAMS Act of 2025.
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