The Expanding Medical Education Act creates a federal grant program to help establish, improve, or expand medical schools and osteopathic medicine schools in underserved areas across the country. The bill prioritizes funding for institutions in medically underserved communities and health professional shortage areas, with special consideration for minority-serving institutions and areas currently lacking medical schools. Grant recipients must use funds to recruit and retain medical students from disadvantaged backgrounds—including racial and ethnic minorities, rural and low-income individuals, and first-generation college students—and develop curricula focused on serving underserved populations. Schools may also use grants for planning and constructing new medical facilities, hiring faculty, and modernizing infrastructure. The bill authorizes open-ended funding and requires detailed reporting to Congress every five years on student enrollment, diversity outcomes, graduate specialties chosen, and impacts on healthcare access in underserved areas.
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