Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025
What does the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025 do?
HR 2493 is a House bill sponsored by Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1). Reauthorizes and adjusts three rural health grant programs administered under section 330A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c). Subsections (a) and (b) add a new paragraph (4) to sections 330A(e) and 330A(f), directing the Director, when awarding Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grants and Rural Health Network Development Grants, to ensure that funds are used to meet the health care needs of, and involve, rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served. Subsection (c) amends section 330A(j) by striking "2021 through 2025" and inserting "2026 through 2030," reauthorizing the programs for the next five-year window.
Did HR 2493 pass? Where it stands
As of July 17, 2026, HR 2493 has passed the House.
Status: Passed House
Latest vote: House Passed 406–4 on April 21, 2026
Outlook: Moderate
Key provisions
- Outreach Grants: Rural Underserved Populations Focus
- Amends section 330A(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(e))
- New paragraph (4): funds used to meet the health care needs of rural underserved populations and to ensure their involvement in the project
- Network Development Grants: Same Focus
- Amends section 330A(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(f))
- New paragraph (4): funds used to increase access via integrated health care networks and involve rural underserved populations in planning, development, and ongoing implementation
- Reauthorization Window Extended
- Amends section 330A(j)
- Strikes "2021 through 2025"
- Inserts "2026 through 2030"
Last updated July 15, 2026