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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6077 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that medical students, 
medical residents, and medical faculty receive education and training 
in the deployment of artificial intelligence in the medical profession, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2025 
Ms. BARRAGA´N (for herself, Mr. LIEU, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that 
medical students, medical residents, and medical faculty 
receive education and training in the deployment of arti-
ficial intelligence in the medical profession, 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 ‘‘Healthcare Education 
in AI Literacy Act’’ or the ‘‘HEAL-AI Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEDICAL EDUCATION. 
Part C of title VII of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 293k et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘Subpart III—Artificial Intelligence Medical 
Education 
‘‘SEC. 749C. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this subpart is to create a program 
of grants to be administered by the Health Resources and 
Services Administration for the education and training of 
medical students, medical residents, and medical faculty 
in the deployment of artificial intelligence in the medical 
profession. 
‘‘SEC. 749D. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subpart: 
‘‘(1) ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
OR
AI.—The 
term ‘artificial intelligence’ or ‘AI’ means, with re-
spect to the medical profession, a machine-based sys-
tem— 
‘‘(A) capable of generating predictions, rec-
ommendations, or decisions that influence real 
medical profession environments, as aligned 
with a set of objectives defined by humans; and 
‘‘(B) that employs inputs derived from 
both machine and human sources to perceive 
and process data from real or virtual environ-
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ments to provide information or facilitate ac-
tions. 
‘‘(2) EDUCATION
AND
TRAINING.—The term 
‘education and training’— 
‘‘(A) means, with respect to the medical 
profession, competency-based medical education 
and training for skill-building and decision-
making to improve health outcomes and patient 
care; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) the use of data and data analysis; 
‘‘(ii) training such as virtual simula-
tion and case studies; and 
‘‘(iii) student assessment to provide— 
‘‘(I) feedback and personalize 
learning; and 
‘‘(II) the latest updates to health 
care. 
‘‘(3) MEDICAL RESIDENT.—The term ‘medical 
resident’ means a graduate from an accredited med-
ical school who is participating in a postgraduate 
medical residency training program at a residency 
sponsoring institution. 
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‘‘(4) MEDICAL STUDENT.—The term ‘medical 
student’ means a student who attends a qualified 
medical school. 
‘‘(5) QUALIFIED MEDICAL SCHOOL.—The term 
‘qualified medical school’ means an accredited school 
of medicine or accredited school of osteopathic medi-
cine. 
‘‘(6) RESIDENCY SPONSORING INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘residency sponsoring institution’ means 
an institution that sponsors a postgraduate medical 
residency training program accredited by the Ac-
creditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. 
‘‘(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Administrator of the Health Resources 
and Services Administration. 
‘‘SEC. 749E. GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ARTIFICIAL IN-
TELLIGENCE LITERACY FOR MEDICAL STU-
DENTS, RESIDENTS, AND FACULTY. 
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish and carry out a program under which the Secretary 
makes grants, on a competitive basis, to qualified medical 
schools or residency sponsoring institutions for the edu-
cation and training of medical students, medical residents, 
and medical faculty of such schools or institutions in the 
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deployment of artificial intelligence in the medical profes-
sion. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, a qualified medical school 
or residency sponsoring institution shall include in 
the application submitted under section 796, in addi-
tion to any information required by such section— 
‘‘(A) the desired grant amount, not to ex-
ceed $100,000; and 
‘‘(B) the assurances described in para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED ASSURANCES.—The assurances 
described in this paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(A) An assurance that the school or insti-
tution will comply with the reporting require-
ments under section 749F. 
‘‘(B) An assurance that the school or insti-
tution will provide a description of the need for 
medical students, medical residents, or medical 
faculty of such school or institution, as appro-
priate, to become literate in artificial intel-
ligence and to indicate how the grant would fa-
cilitate— 
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‘‘(i) bringing interdisciplinary exper-
tise to the development and provision of 
the AI curriculum; 
‘‘(ii) completing formal program eval-
uation regarding effectiveness of the local 
implementation of AI; and 
‘‘(iii) sharing tools and learning with 
the broader education community to sup-
port relationship building and continued 
education within the medical education 
community. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section 
may only be used for the education and training of 
medical students, medical residents, and medical fac-
ulty in the deployment of artificial intelligence to un-
derstand the immediate effectiveness of training in 
competencies of the technology, including— 
‘‘(A) utilizing AI for medical diagnostics, 
treatment recommendations, and predictive 
analytics; 
‘‘(B) integrating AI tools into clinical sup-
port and decision-making processes; 
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‘‘(C) understanding the ethical implications 
of AI in health care, such as bias, patient data 
privacy, and algorithm transparency; 
‘‘(D) studying the impact of artificial intel-
ligence in medical ethics use cases; and 
‘‘(E) conducting practical educational dem-
onstrations or laboratories to exhibit the variety 
of use cases artificial intelligence may be de-
ployed in a health profession field. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON USE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE 
COSTS.—Not more than 10 percent of the amount of 
a grant under this section may be used for adminis-
trative costs, including the preparation of the annual 
reports required under section 749F. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON PUBLISHING IN PREDA-
TORY JOURNALS.—A grant under this section may 
not be used to support the publication of any piece 
in a predatory journal. 
‘‘(d) RENEWAL.—A qualified medical school or resi-
dency sponsoring institution that receives a grant under 
this section may apply for renewal of such grant for one 
or more additional grant periods. 
‘‘(e) ACCESS; PRIORITY.—In making grants under 
this section, the Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(1) promote access to emerging technologies; 
and 
‘‘(2) give priority to schools or institutions that 
provide care to medically underserved communities. 
‘‘(f) COLLABORATING WITH OUTSIDE ENTITIES.—In 
carrying out the activities described in subsection (c)(1), 
a qualified medical school or residency sponsoring institu-
tion may— 
‘‘(1) collaborate with academic, nonprofit, and 
government entities, including other educational de-
partments within the university or college of the 
qualified medical school, such as departments of 
computer science, computer engineering, software 
engineering, data science, computer programming, 
scientific computing, or any other related field as the 
Secretary determines appropriate; and 
‘‘(2) consult with— 
‘‘(A) any of the academic, nonprofit, or 
government entities described in paragraph (1); 
or 
‘‘(B) a for-profit entity. 
‘‘(g) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that, to the 
extent practicable, grants are distributed among qualified 
medical schools and residency sponsoring institutions that 
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serve geographically diverse areas, including urban, subur-
ban, and rural areas across the United States. The Sec-
retary may award grants under this section to not more 
than two qualified medical schools or residency sponsoring 
institutions located within the same 2020 United States 
Census Division. 
‘‘(h) YEARLY FUNDING LIMIT.—A qualified medical 
school or residency sponsoring institution may not receive 
more than $100,000 in funding under this section in any 
fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 749F. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days 
after receiving a grant under section 749E, and annually 
thereafter for the duration of the grant period, a qualified 
medical school or residency sponsoring institution that re-
ceives such grant shall submit to the Secretary a report 
that includes— 
‘‘(1) a summary of the educational program 
goals and objectives and related evidence to support 
academic progress or advancements made under 
such grant; 
‘‘(2) the amount of grant funds expended by 
such school or institution for artificial intelligence 
education and training; 
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‘‘(3) a description of how education and train-
ing was integrated into existing curricula, or used to 
create new curricula including the strategy, ap-
proach, and methods to begin development of the re-
sources or curricula; 
‘‘(4) the number of learners that enrolled in 
and successfully completed at least one course fund-
ed by such grant, to become knowledgeable in artifi-
cial intelligence literacy; and 
‘‘(5) a list of any entity with which the school 
or institution collaborated or consulted under section 
749E(f). 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE EDUCATIONAL MATE-
RIAL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—Not later than 30 days 
after submitting a report under subsection (a), the quali-
fied medical school or residency sponsoring institution 
submitting such report shall make publicly available any 
educational materials funded by the grant with respect to 
which such report was submitted— 
‘‘(1) on the website of the school or institution; 
or 
‘‘(2) on an online academic research portal. 
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‘‘SEC. 749G. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subpart $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2030.’’. 
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