# 119-s-2301: Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025

119-s-2301, Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2301
- Congress: 119
- Title: Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-07-16
- Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Requires rural health grants to directly serve and involve rural underserved populations.** It would also reauthorize the Section 330A grant program for 2026 through 2030. - Rural families and communities: Grants must be used to meet local health care needs and to ensure residents from underserved rural areas help design and run projects. This aims to center local priorities in outreach efforts. - Grant applicants and health networks: Outreach and network development awards would be required to increase access through integrated care networks and to include rural underserved populations in planning, development, and ongoing implementation. Applicants must show how communities will benefit and be engaged.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More rural access and local involvement: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would require rural outreach and network grants to be used, as appropriate, to meet the health needs of rural underserved populations and to involve those populations in planning and running projects. It would also reauthorize these rural health programs through 2026-2030. The…

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## Sources
- [119-s-2301 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2301)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2301 (as of 2026-04-21).