HR 4011
Community Paramedicine Act of 2025
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Bill overview
The Community Paramedicine Act of 2025 aims to expand access to healthcare in rural areas by authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for community paramedicine programs. These programs, staffed by trained paramedics and other healthcare professionals, will focus on addressing health issues, reducing emergency room visits, and improving access to care for underserved populations. The act establishes a grant program with specific eligibility requirements and funding guidelines.
Key provisions
- Creates a grant program to support community paramedicine programs in rural areas.
- Eligible recipients include emergency medical services agencies, states, tribes, and municipalities.
- Grants can be used for personnel hiring, equipment purchases, and training.
- The program prioritizes serving Tribal communities, reserving 15% of funds for such applicants.
- Grants can be applied for individually or jointly by multiple entities.
- A community paramedicine advisory board will provide guidance and review applications.
- Maximum grant awards are $750,000 for individual applicants and $1,500,000 for joint applications.
- Grants cannot exceed a 5-year period and limit administrative costs to 10% in the first year and 5% in subsequent years.
Who is affected
- Rural communities
- Emergency medical services agencies
- Tribal communities
- Healthcare providers
- Medically underserved populations
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 4011
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to support community paramedicine programs carried out in rural areas, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Community Paramedicine Act of 2025
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by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants to eligible entities to support community paramedicine programs carried out in rural areas.
A grant received under this subsection may be used for any of the following:
Purchasing necessary equipment, including personal protective equipment, uniforms, medical supplies, and vehicles.
Reimbursing costs associated with certification and recertification courses.
To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall be one of the following:
A State, Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, county, or municipality.
An organization representing the interests of one or more emergency medical services organizations.
A for-profit entity is ineligible to apply for a grant under this subsection.
To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall prepare and submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may require.
Any such application shall, at a minimum, include the following:
A description of the financial need of the eligible entity.
to advise the Secretary on carrying out the grant program under this subsection; and
to conduct peer review of applications for grants under this subsection.
In selecting the recipients of grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider each of the following:
in the case of an eligible entity applying individually, $750,000; and
in the case of two or more eligible entities applying jointly, $1,500,000.
The period of a grant under this subsection shall not exceed 5 years.
10 percent for administrative costs for the first year of grant funding; and
5 percent for administrative costs for any subsequent year of grant funding.
In this subsection, the term community paramedicine means mobile-integrated health care through which communities utilize specially trained paramedics, often teamed with other health care practitioners or social workers, to—
address health problems;
enhance access to primary care for medically underserved populations and those with acute and chronic health issues.
Of the amount allocated to award grants under this subsection for a fiscal year, the Secretary—
shall reserve 15 percent for applicants proposing to use a grant to serve one or more Tribal communities; and
if the full amount of such reservation is not obligated, may reallocate the unobligated portion for grants to other eligible entities.
Section 330A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c) is amended—
in the section heading, by striking AND SMALL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
and inserting SMALL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, AND COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE SERVICES SUPPORT
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in subsection (a), by striking and for the planning and implementation of small health care provider quality improvement activities
and inserting for the planning and implementation of small health care provider quality improvement activities, and for providing support for community paramedicine services
; and
in subsection (j) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section) by striking subsections (e), (f), and (g)
and inserting subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h)
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