H.R. 5428: Medical Student Education Authorization Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-09-17 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Medical Student Education Authorization Act of 2025

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Medical Student Education Authorization Act of 2025 This bill provides statutory authority for the Medical Student Education Program, which provides matching grants for educating and training medical students and encouraging them to serve as primary care physicians in tribal, rural, or medically underserved communities. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must award the grants to public institutions of higher education located in states that rank in the top quartile of states based on their projected shortage of primary care physicians. In awarding the grants, HRSA must give priority to recipients that (1) are located in states with two or more federally recognized Indian tribes, and (2) have established or plan to establish a strategic partnership to support the implementation of the grant.

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Medical Student Education Authorization Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] · 19 cosponsors

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Dina Titus (D-NV), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), Darren Soto (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Michael Guest (R-MS), Rudy Yakym III (R-IN), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Randy Fine (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] reported raising $4.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr5428.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr5428 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills