Developing the Community Health Workforce Act of 2026

This bill would give priority to Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics when the Secretary of Health and Human Services assigns National Health Service Corps members, and would create grants for these centers to repay loans for health care workers. It would allow grants to health centers to recruit and train staff, to colleges for training partnerships with health centers, and to health centers for behavioral health specialist training programs. It would require the Labor Department to let these health centers register as apprenticeship programs. It would add 3 Medicare-funded residency positions for hospitals whose training programs take place largely at these health centers, and would add behavioral health and case management services to the services covered by Medicare and Medicaid at these centers.

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Sponsors

• Raul Ruiz Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors