H.R. 2493 · Passed House · Health

Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025

Sponsor: Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)

What it does

• Reauthorizes through fiscal year 2030 Health Resources and Services Administration grant programs for health care providers and related entities in rural areas.
• Covers grants for expanding health care services, developing integrated rural health care networks, and improving quality at small rural providers.
• Requires HRSA to ensure expansion and network grants meet the needs of underserved populations.
• Requires those populations to be engaged in planning and implementing the funded activities.

Official summary

Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 grant programs administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that provide funding to health care service providers and related entities in rural areas. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes grants for expanding the delivery of health care services in rural areas, developing integrated health care networks (i.e., collaborative groups of local health care organizations) in rural areas, and improving the quality of services provided by small health care providers in rural areas. Also, the bill requires HRSA to ensure that grant funds for expanding services or developing health care networks are used to (1) meet the health care needs of underserved populations, and (2) engage such populations in the planning and implementation of related activities.

Latest action

Apr 22, 2026: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 377.

Committee: House Energy and Commerce