Health Care Workforce Innovation Act of 2025
Latest action · Feb 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 4, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Care Workforce Innovation Act of 2025
This bill establishes the Health Care Workforce Innovation Program within the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide grants to federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and post-secondary vocational programs for developing education and training for allied health professionals (e.g., professionals providing clinical or non-clinical support services, community health workers, and health education specialists).
Specifically, grant recipients must use the funds to carry out innovative, community-based programs to train allied health professionals, with a focus on supporting rural and underserved areas. Grant recipients may use the funds to launch or expand health care professional partnerships (e.g., between a grant recipient and a school), establish apprenticeship or other career programs, or invest in training equipment, among other activities.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2025 to Sep 24, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Feb 4, 2025 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Feb 4, 2025 |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Original | Feb 4, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jun 24, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jun 24, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | May 12, 2026 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Jun 10, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Jul 14, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Sep 24, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 4, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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. 23, February 4, 2025, page H460.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4254 | Health Workforce Innovation Act | Related bill | Mar 26, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a health care workforce innovation program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Health Care Workforce Innovation Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 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.
