To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide community-based training opportunities for medical students in rural areas and medically underserved communities, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · March 19, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
The Community TEAMS Act of 2024 creates a new federal grant program to help medical schools provide clinical training opportunities for their students in rural areas and medically underserved communities. The grants, which can last one to five years, will go to partnerships between medical schools and local health facilities like rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to support medical student rotations in these underserved areas. The legislation aims to increase the likelihood that physicians will establish practices in high-need communities after graduation by giving them direct experience working there during their medical education. Eligible applicants must include at least one medical school partnered with one or more rural health facilities, and they must demonstrate how the program will improve healthcare access and be sustained after federal funding ends. While the bill text does not specify a total funding amount, it authorizes the Director of the relevant federal health agency to award these grants based on competitive applications.
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