Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 in plain language
1: Short title
This section would allow the Act to be cited as the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 .
2: Rural health care services outreach, rural health network development, and small health care provider quality improvement grant programs
This section would amend the Public Health Service Act's rural health grant programs under section 330A in three ways. For rural health care services outreach grants under section 330A(e), it would require the Director, in awarding a grant, to ensure that the grant funds are used, as appropriate, to meet the health care needs of rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served and for other activities to ensure those rural underserved populations are involved in developing and operating the project. For rural health network development grants under section 330A(f), it would require the Director, in awarding a grant, to ensure that the grant funds are used, as appropriate, to increase access to quality health care services through integrated health care networks for rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served and for other activities to ensure those populations benefit from and are involved in planning, developing, and implementing the network. It would also extend the authorization of appropriations for the programs under section 330A from fiscal years 2021 through 2025 to fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
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2. Rural health care services outreach, rural health network development, and small health care provider quality improvement grant programs (a) Rural health care services outreach grants Section 330A(e) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c(e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Use of funds for rural underserved populations In awarding a grant under this subsection, the Director shall ensure that the funds made available through the grant will be used, as appropriate— (A) to meet the health care needs of rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served; and (B) for other activities to ensure the rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served will be involved in the development and ongoing operations of the project. . (b) Rural health network development grants Section 330A(f) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c(f) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Use of funds for rural underserved populations In awarding a grant under this subsection, the Director shall ensure that the funds made available through the grant will be used, as appropriate— (A) to increase access to quality health care services through integrated health care networks for the rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served; and (B) for other activities to ensure the rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served will benefit from and be involved in the planning, development, and ongoing implementation of the network. . (c) Reauthorization Section 330A(j) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c(j) ) is amended by striking 2021 through 2025 and inserting 2026 through 2030 .