H.R. 5382, the Health CARE Training Act, makes two key changes to federal health profession training programs. First, it requires that health profession opportunity grant programs provide participants with a minimum number of training hours—either matching state certification requirements or whatever the federal government determines necessary to achieve the required skill level. Second, the bill excludes cash stipends and emergency assistance payments made to trainees under these programs from federal income taxation, meaning recipients won't have to report these funds as taxable income and grant administrators won't need to file tax reporting forms for the payments. Both provisions take effect on October 1, 2025. The legislation affects low-income individuals seeking to enter healthcare careers through federally-funded training programs and aims to make these programs more standardized and financially beneficial for participants by reducing their tax burden.
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