To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that medical students, medical residents, and medical faculty receive education and training in the deployment of artificial intelligence in the medical profession, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Part C of Title VII of the Public Health Service Act to add a new subpart establishing an AI medical education grant program, including purpose, definitions, grant program rules, reporting requirements, creates states the purpose of the new subpart: to create a HRSA-administered grant program for education and training of medical students, residents, and faculty in deploying AI in the medical profession, and defines key terms for the grant program including artificial intelligence, education and training, medical resident, medical student, qualified medical school, residency sponsoring institution, and Secretary. It relies on grants, appropriations, reporting requirements, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Education, Healthcare, and Technology.
Who Benefits and How
Medical students, residents, and faculty could gain revenue opportunities, Medical schools and residency programs (especially those serving underserved populations) could gain revenue opportunities, and Medical schools and residency programs eligible for grants could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal budget could face higher costs and Predatory academic journals could lose revenue opportunities.
Key Provisions
- Amends Part C of Title VII of the Public Health Service Act to add a new subpart establishing an AI medical education grant program, including purpose, definitions, grant program rules, reporting requirements...
- Creates states the purpose of the new subpart: to create a HRSA-administered grant program for education and training of medical students, residents, and faculty in deploying AI in the medical profession.
- Defines key terms for the grant program including artificial intelligence, education and training, medical resident, medical student, qualified medical school, residency sponsoring institution, and Secretary.
- Establishes the competitive grant program with grants up to ,000 to qualified medical schools and residency programs for AI education and training, including use restrictions covering diagnostics, treatment...
- Requires grant recipients to submit annual reports to the Secretary covering program goals, expenditures, curriculum integration, learner enrollment, and collaborating entities, and mandates that all funded educational...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Part C of Title VII of the Public Health Service Act to add a new subpart establishing an AI medical education grant program, including purpose, definitions, grant program rules, reporting requirements, creates states the purpose of the new subpart: to create a HRSA-administered grant program for education and training of medical students, residents, and faculty in deploying AI in the medical profession, and defines key terms for the grant program including artificial intelligence, education and training, medical resident, medical student, qualified medical school, residency sponsoring institution, and Secretary.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Healthcare, Technology
Primary Purpose
The bill amends Part C of Title VII of the Public Health Service Act to add a new subpart establishing an AI medical education grant program, including purpose, definitions, grant program rules, reporting requirements, creates states the purpose of the new subpart: to create a HRSA-administered grant program for education and training of medical students, residents, and faculty in deploying AI in the medical profession, and defines key terms for the grant program including artificial intelligence, education and training, medical resident, medical student, qualified medical school, residency sponsoring institution, and Secretary.
Policy Domains
HEAL-AI Act - AI Medical Education Grants
Identified Gains
- Medical students, residents, and faculty
- Medical schools and residency programs (especially those serving underserved populations)
- Medical schools and residency programs eligible for grants
- Medical schools and residency programs
- AI health tech curriculum developers and vendors
Identified Costs
- Federal budget
- Predatory academic journals
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Barragán (for herself, Mr. Lieu, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Medical education community (broader public), Medical schools and residency programs, Medical schools and residency programs (especially those serving underserved populations)
Medical students, residents, and faculty
AI health tech curriculum developers and vendors, AI healthcare education technology providers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A machine-based system capable of generating predictions, recommendations, or decisions that influence real medical profession environments, that employs inputs from machine and human sources to perceive and process data
Competency-based medical education and training for skill-building and decisionmaking to improve health outcomes and patient care, including data analysis, virtual simulation, case studies, and student assessment
An institution that sponsors a postgraduate medical residency training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
An accredited school of medicine or accredited school of osteopathic medicine
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