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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 801 
To establish a grant program to support schools of medicine and schools 
of osteopathic medicine in underserved areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2021 
Mr. COSTA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to support schools of medicine 
and schools of osteopathic medicine in underserved areas. 
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 ‘‘Expanding Medical 
Education Act’’. 
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‘‘(B) that is a medically underserved com-
munity or a health professional shortage area; 
or 
‘‘(2) is a minority-serving institution described 
in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965. 
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Secretary, to the extent practicable, may 
ensure equitable distribution of awards among the geo-
graphical regions of the United States. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—An institution of higher edu-
cation (or a consortium of such institutions)— 
‘‘(1) shall use grant amounts received under 
this section to— 
‘‘(A) recruit, enroll, and retain students, 
including individuals who are from disadvan-
taged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic 
groups underrepresented among medical stu-
dents and health professions), individuals from 
rural and underserved areas, low-income indi-
viduals, and first generation college students, at 
a school of medicine or osteopathic medicine or 
branch campus of a school of medicine or osteo-
pathic medicine; and 
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‘‘(B) develop, implement, and expand cur-
riculum that emphasizes care for rural and un-
derserved populations, including accessible and 
culturally and linguistically appropriate care 
and services, at such school or branch campus; 
and 
‘‘(2) may use grant amounts received under this 
section to— 
‘‘(A) plan and construct— 
‘‘(i) a school of medicine or osteo-
pathic medicine in an area in which no 
other such school is based; or 
‘‘(ii) a branch campus of a school of 
medicine or osteopathic medicine in an 
area in which no other such school is 
based; 
‘‘(B) plan, develop, and meet criteria for 
accreditation for a school of medicine or osteo-
pathic medicine or branch campus of a school 
of medicine or osteopathic medicine; 
‘‘(C) hire faculty, including faculty from 
racial and ethnic groups who are underrep-
resented among the medical and other health 
professions, and other staff to serve at such a 
school or branch campus; 
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‘‘(D) support educational programs at such 
a school or branch campus; 
‘‘(E) modernize and expand infrastructure 
at such a school or branch campus; and 
‘‘(F) support other activities that the Sec-
retary determines further the establishment, 
improvement, or expansion of a school of medi-
cine or osteopathic medicine or branch campus 
of a school of medicine or osteopathic medicine. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), an institution of higher education 
(or a consortium of such institutions), shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary may re-
quire, including a description of the institution’s or con-
sortium’s planned activities described in subsection (d). 
‘‘(f) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTS FROM ENTITIES.—Each institu-
tion of higher education, or consortium of such insti-
tutions, awarded a grant under this section shall 
submit an annual report to the Secretary on the ac-
tivities conducted under such grant, and other infor-
mation as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 5 
years after the date of enactment of this section and 
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every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
a report that provides a summary of the activities 
and outcomes associated with grants made under 
this section. Such reports shall include— 
‘‘(A) a list of awardees, including their pri-
mary geographic location, and location of any 
school of medicine or osteopathic medicine, or a 
branch campus of school of medicine or osteo-
pathic medicine that was established, improved, 
or expanded under this program; 
‘‘(B) the total number of students (includ-
ing the number of students from racial and eth-
nic groups underrepresented among medical 
students and health professions, low-income 
students, and first generation college students) 
who— 
‘‘(i) are enrolled at or who have grad-
uated from any school of medicine or os-
teopathic medicine, or a branch campus of 
school of medicine or osteopathic medicine, 
that was established, improved, or ex-
panded under this program, deidentified 
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and disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, 
sex, geographic region, disability status, 
and other relevant factors, to the extent 
such information is available; and 
‘‘(ii) who subsequently participate in 
an accredited internship or medical resi-
dency program upon graduation from any 
school of medicine or osteopathic medicine, 
or a branch campus of a school of medicine 
or osteopathic medicine, that was estab-
lished, improved, or expanded under this 
program, deidentified and disaggregated by 
race, ethnicity, age, sex, geographic region, 
disability status, medical specialty pursued, 
and other relevant factors, to the extent 
such information is available; 
‘‘(C) the effects of such program on the 
health care provider workforce, including any 
impact 
on 
demographic 
representation 
disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and sex, and 
the fields or specialties pursued by students 
who have graduated from any school of medi-
cine or osteopathic medicine, or a branch cam-
pus of school of medicine or osteopathic medi-
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cine, that was established, improved, or ex-
panded under this program; 
‘‘(D) the effects of such program on health 
care access in underserved areas, including 
medically underserved communities and health 
professional shortage areas; and 
‘‘(E) recommendations for improving the 
program described in this section, and any 
other considerations as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary 
shall make reports submitted under paragraph (2) 
publicly available on the internet website of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BRANCH CAMPUS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘branch 
campus’, with respect to a school of medicine or 
osteopathic medicine, means an additional loca-
tion of such school that is geographically apart 
and independent of the main campus, at which 
the school offers at least 50 percent of the pro-
gram leading to a degree of doctor of medicine 
or doctor of osteopathy that is offered at the 
main campus. 
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