Extends funding authority through 2030 for two federal rural health grant programs and adds requirements that grant money reach rural underserved populations.

• Adds a provision to the Public Health Service Act requiring Health Resources and Services Administration grants for rural health outreach to meet the health care needs of rural underserved populations and involve those populations in project development and operations.
• Adds a similar requirement to grants for rural health network development, directing funds toward integrated health care networks and involving rural underserved populations in planning and implementation.
• Changes the authorization period in Section 330A(j) of the Public Health Service Act from fiscal years 2021 through 2025 to fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
• Is cited as the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025.

• Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (Senate)

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