Rural Health Care Facility Technical Assistance Program Act
Sponsored By: Representative Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
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Summary
Creates and codifies a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Health Care Facility Technical Assistance Program to give rural hospitals, clinics, and similar providers tailored help with operations, finances, and applying for USDA loans and grants. The program sets goals to improve financial stability, prevent closures, and strengthen care in rural communities.
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- Rural providers: Offers technical assistance and training to identify development needs, plan operational or quality-improvement projects, prepare long-term financial plans, upgrade telehealth and electronic health records, and pursue construction or modernization when needed.
- Rural communities and patients: Aims to prevent facility closures and bolster health care delivery, with priority for facilities that are USDA borrowers or grantees and those in health professional shortage areas or serving medically underserved populations.
- Program oversight: Requires annual reports describing projects, outcomes, costs, and recommendations. Funding is limited to not more than $2.0 million per year for each fiscal year 2026 through 2030.
*Provides federal funding authority of up to $2.0 million annually from 2026 through 2030 to operate the program.*
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Technical help for rural health facilities
This bill would create a USDA program to give technical help and training to rural health facilities. USDA would run it directly or through grants, contracts, or agreements. Help would cover building or renovation, telehealth, electronic records, financial planning, and applying for USDA loans and grants. Hospitals, clinics, home health agencies, community health centers, and other rural facilities could take part. USDA would prioritize facilities that already borrow from or got grants from Rural Housing, Rural Business-Cooperative, or Rural Utilities programs. Congress could fund up to $2 million each year for 2026–2030, and USDA would report to Congress within 1 year and then yearly.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
TX • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1]
MT • R
Sponsored 2/21/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 2/21/2025
Pfluger
TX • R
Sponsored 2/21/2025
Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
ME • D
Sponsored 2/21/2025
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 2/24/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/24/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 2/24/2025
Feenstra
IA • R
Sponsored 2/24/2025
Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
WV • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
FL • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
KS • R
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
AR • R
Sponsored 3/14/2025
Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
MO • R
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
GA • R
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]
WA • R
Sponsored 3/27/2025
Crow
CO • D
Sponsored 4/2/2025
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 6/20/2025
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Bishop
GA • D
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]
WA • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Bost
IL • R
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
GU • R
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
MS • R
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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