{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-2493","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 2493","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-03-31","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-04-21","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h128","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act","result":"Passed","yea":406,"nay":4,"present":0,"not_voting":20,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll128.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 377.","date":"2026-04-22"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-03-31","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 grant programs administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that provide funding to health care service providers and related entities in rural areas."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill reauthorizes grants for"},{"k":"li","t":"expanding the delivery of health care services in rural areas,","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"developing integrated health care networks (i.e., collaborative groups of local health care organizations) in rural areas, and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"improving the quality of services provided by small health care providers in rural areas.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"Also, the bill requires HRSA to ensure that grant funds for expanding services or developing health care networks are used to (1) meet the health care needs of underserved populations, and (2) engage such populations in the planning and implementation of related activities."}],"words":129},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 330A of the Public Health Service Act to add requirements on how rural outreach and network development grants are used for rural underserved populations, and to change the years for which that section's program is authorized from 2021 through 2025 to 2026 through 2030.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2493/text/eh#HC46B77B1EE0E4DADB8741C25DA7B679A"}]},"core_areas":["Rural health care services outreach grants under the Public Health Service Act","Rural health network development grants under the Public Health Service Act","Reauthorization period for section 330A of the Public Health Service Act"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that the short title is the \"Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2493/text/eh#H5D3AB8046BFF4D3D995C261063E6133F"}},{"text":"Requires the Director, in awarding a rural health care services outreach grant, to ensure the funds are used, as appropriate, to meet the health care needs of rural underserved populations in the community or region to be served.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2493/text/eh#HC46B77B1EE0E4DADB8741C25DA7B679A"}},{"text":"Requires the Director, in awarding an outreach grant, to ensure the funds are used, as appropriate, for other activities that involve rural underserved populations in the development and ongoing operations of the project.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2493/text/eh#HC46B77B1EE0E4DADB8741C25DA7B679A"}},{"text":"Requires the Director, in awarding a rural health network development grant, to ensure the funds are used, as appropriate, to increase access to quality health care services through integrated health care networks for rural underserved populations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2493/text/eh#HC46B77B1EE0E4DADB8741C25DA7B679A"}},{"text":"Requires the Director, in awarding a network development grant, to ensure the funds are used, as appropriate, for other activities so that rural underserved populations benefit from and are involved in the planning, development, and ongoing implementation of the network.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2493/text/eh#HC46B77B1EE0E4DADB8741C25DA7B679A"}},{"text":"Changes the years in section 330A(j) of the Public Health Service Act from \"2021 through 2025\" to \"2026 through 2030\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2493/text/eh#HC46B77B1EE0E4DADB8741C25DA7B679A"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-04-21","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2493/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2493","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2493/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-2493.png","v":"63cd5b53681e","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2493, 119th Congress: Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025. House: 406 Yea, 4 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 21 Apr 2026."}}