42 U.S.C. § 294p — Training for health care providers

(a) Grant program The Secretary must create a grant program for accredited medical, osteopathic, and nursing schools, and other health professional training programs. The grants pay for training health workers to give better prenatal care, labor care, birth care, and postpartum care to racial and ethnic minority patients, including training on biases that might affect that care. (b) Eligibility To get a grant, a school or program must apply to the Secretary however the Secretary requires. (c) Reporting requirements (1) Periodic grantee reports: Each group that gets a grant must regularly report to the Secretary on what it did with the money, including how the training affected patient outcomes, where that applies. (2) Report to Congress: By September 30, 2026, the Secretary must report to Congress on what grantees did with their grants and on any best practices found and shared under subsection (d). (d) Best practices The Secretary may identify and share best practices for this training. (e) Authorization of appropriations Congress may spend $5,000,000 each year from 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section.