HR8629-119

In Committee

Developing the Community Health Workforce Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Apr 30, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Developing the Community Health Workforce Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Education, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HA01EA3C78EA1494D8514AF138E42E59C: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Developing the Community Health Workforce Act of 2026.
  • Section H5C0C497B16174C07878C13C8B83ECD28: 2. Improving recruitment and retention of Federal qualified health center staff Section 333(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254f(a)) is amended...
  • Section HA396B6C078B3446588D12661DAC9638E: 3. Community Health Center Workforce Pipeline Program Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) is amended— by redesignating subsection (r)...
  • Section H208F24FB53CA451BA22345D8E8DCE60E: 4. Expanding hospital and FQHC partnerships for graduate medical education Section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h) is amended— in...
  • Section HD7234495F7B4415BA9F2CD9EE8ECF0E0: 5. Expanding FQHC services Section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (B), by inserting...

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

This bill, Developing the Community Health Workforce Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Education, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, Developing the Community Health Workforce Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Education Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 30, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …

Apr 30, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 30, 2026

Mr. Ruiz (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Education Labor
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

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