Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2025
Latest action · Feb 10, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2025
This bill allows certain hospitals to receive additional payment under Medicare for full-time equivalent residents who receive training in rural areas.
Specifically, hospitals, critical access hospitals, sole community hospitals, and rural emergency hospitals may elect to receive payment for time spent by a resident in a rural training location if the resident trains for at least eight weeks in the location and the hospital pays the salary and benefits of the resident during this time. Additionally, hospitals may receive payment for all time spent by residents in a residency program in which 50% of all training is in rural locations, regardless of where the training occurs or specialty.
Payments are based on the difference between the total amount of eligible payments (as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and the amount of graduate medical education payments received (if applicable).
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 10, 2025 to Oct 1, 2026; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Feb 10, 2025 |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Original | Feb 10, 2025 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jun 20, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Oct 1, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 10, 2025 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 10, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 10, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 10, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4766 | Diana Harshbarger R-TN | Nov 18, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 27, February 10, 2025, page H614.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to support rural residency training funding that is equitable for all States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 10, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
