Expanding Medical Education Act has not moved since its introduction on Mar 14, 2025, with cosponsors, all Democrats
IntroducedMar 14, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 68 words.
Expanding Medical Education Act This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, to establish or expand medical schools. In awarding these grants, HHS must prioritize minority-serving institutions or those that propose to establish or expand schools in medically underserved communities or areas with shortages of health professionals where no such schools exist.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 77 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 1,408 words
- Latest action
- Mar 14, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th S. 975 Expanding Medical Education Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]