Community TEAMS Act of 2025
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
The Community TEAMS Act of 2025 aims to increase the number of medical students training in rural and medically underserved communities. It does this by providing grants to partnerships between medical schools and healthcare facilities like rural clinics, federally qualified health centers, and other healthcare facilities in these areas. These grants will support clinical rotations for medical students, ultimately aiming to establish a more sustainable physician presence in these communities.
Key provisions
- Grants are awarded to partnerships of medical schools and healthcare facilities.
- Grants support clinical rotations for medical students in rural and underserved areas.
- Eligible entities include rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers, and other healthcare facilities in medically underserved communities.
- Grants can be for a period of 1 to 5 years.
- Applications require detailed project descriptions, including quality improvement plans and sustainability strategies.
- The Act redesignates and amends existing sections of the Public Health Service Act to accommodate these new grant provisions.
- Grants are intended to facilitate long-term physician practice in high-need communities.
- The Director of the Public Health Service is responsible for awarding the grants.
Who is affected
- Medical students
- Rural healthcare providers
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