Health Care Workforce Innovation Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Garbarino
Introduced
Summary
Expands the allied health workforce in underserved and rural communities. The bill creates the Health Care Workforce Innovation Program to fund community‑driven education and training models for allied health roles through grants or contracts to local clinics and accredited training programs.
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- Families and patients: Boosts local capacity for medical, behavioral, and oral health care by growing allied health staff trained in culturally competent, team‑based care in shortage areas.
- Workers and trainees: Funds pre‑apprenticeships, apprenticeships, internships, career ladders, and outreach to students from underserved backgrounds to move into roles like medical assistants, dental hygienists, community health workers, and interpreters.
- Training organizations and clinics: Eligible applicants include Federally Qualified Health Centers, state associations, certified rural health clinics, and nonprofit vocational programs. Grants can pay for partnerships with schools, training equipment, and limited renovations. Grants may not exceed $2.5 million per grant period and funding may be appropriated for fiscal years 2026 through 2028.
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Training grants for allied health in underserved areas
If enacted, this would create grants to train allied health workers for primary care in underserved and rural areas. Federally qualified health centers, FQHC associations, certified rural health clinics, and nonprofit vocational programs could apply. A grant could be up to $2,500,000 and must support a model that runs at least three years. Money could pay for partnerships, pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, internships, equipment, supplies, and limited training-space renovations. It could not pay for construction or replace existing workforce funding. Funding would be authorized as needed for fiscal years 2026 through 2028 and would stay available until spent. The Secretary would prioritize projects that recruit people from underserved backgrounds and improve access to care.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Garbarino
NY • R
Cosponsors
Schrier
WA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Valadao
CA • R
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
WA • D
Sponsored 3/25/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/25/2025
Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/24/2025
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 7/14/2025
Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 7/14/2025
Randall
WA • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/22/2026
Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Roll Call Votes
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