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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5875 
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to increase retention 
of the rural health care workforce, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 4, 2021 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. O’HALLERAN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to 
increase retention of the rural health care workforce, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Health Training 
Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASING RETENTION OF RURAL HEALTH CARE 
WORKFORCE. 
Subpart II of part C of title III of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293m) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 749C. INCREASING RETENTION OF RURAL HEALTH 
CARE WORKFORCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, shall establish a grant program for the 
purposes of assisting eligible entities in providing training 
to the existing health care workforce of such entities. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In order to be eligible to 
receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a 
rural hospital, rural health clinic, or community health 
center under section 330. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—In addition to the purposes 
specified in section 797, grants awarded under this section 
may be used to provide trainee support with respect to 
childcare and transportation. 
‘‘(d) CONDITIONS.—As a condition on the receipt of 
a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall agree 
to— 
‘‘(1) limit enrollment in training provided pur-
suant to this section to health care professionals who 
are non-physician clinicians and health care support 
staff; and 
‘‘(2) require trainees to serve, as a condition on 
support received through the grant, a period of obli-
gated service at the eligible entity of not less than 
5 years, beginning on the date on which the trainee 
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first receives the training referred to in subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 10 years after the date 
on which the first grant is awarded under this section, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the Congress a report assessing the impact of grants 
awarded under this section on health care workforce reten-
tion at eligible entities. 
‘‘(f) TRAINEE DEFINED.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘trainee’ means an individual that is a mem-
ber of an eligible entity’s existing workforce that is receiv-
ing training. Such term does not include students. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 
2032.’’. 
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