Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
This bill renews funding for federal programs that train doctors, nurses, and other health workers to care for older adults. It sets aside about $48 million per year for five years (2026 through 2030) for these training programs. If it passes, existing geriatrics education programs keep running with a defined budget; if it does not pass, those programs lose their dedicated funding authorization.
America's population of adults 65 and older is growing fast, but there aren't enough doctors, nurses, and other health workers specially trained to care for them. This bill keeps federal training programs running that help build that workforce , programs that would otherwise lose their dedicated funding.