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Rural and Tribal Health Access Stabilization Act

Status: HopperSession: September 2026 Senate SessionIssue: Healthcare

Summary

This bill boosts and stabilizes Indian Health Service funding, expands telehealth and remote care tools for rural and tribal providers, and offers loan repayment and scholarships to attract healthcare workers to underserved areas. It also pushes HHS to coordinate better with Tribal governments and states to reduce gaps in care and improve long-term care access.

Full text

To improve access to healthcare in rural and tribal communities, this bill increases and stabilizes funding for the Indian Health Service, authorizes grants to expand broadband-enabled telehealth capacity and remote care equipment for tribal clinics and rural health providers, and creates targeted loan repayment and scholarship incentives for doctors, nurses, mental health professionals, and other essential providers who commit to serving in medically underserved rural and tribal areas; the bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to streamline coordination with Tribal governments and states to reduce service gaps and strengthen long-term care access.

Sponsor

Anthony ChambersDemocratic Party

Cosponsors

Debate

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