Summary

Creates an Office of Graduate Medical Education Programs inside the Indian Health Service (IHS) to plan, build, and oversee residency, fellowship, and student training programs and to support recruitment and retention of health workers serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It requires an interagency working group to help establish the Office, mandates periodic reports to Congress, sunsets the working group after 10 years, and authorizes at least $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and $4,000,000 each subsequent year to carry out the work.

Key Points

• Establishes an Office of Graduate Medical Education Programs inside the Indian Health Service to build and oversee residency, fellowship, and student training.
• The Office's mission includes improving recruitment and retention of health workers who serve American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
• Creates an interagency working group to help set up the Office and coordinate across federal partners; the group must report to Congress and ends after 10 years.
• Authorizes at least $4,000,000 for FY2027 and $4,000,000 for each later year to carry out the Office's activities (appropriations required).
• The Office provides program oversight, technical assistance, and coordination to expand clinical training capacity at IHS and affiliated sites.
• The authorization establishes a recurring funding baseline beginning in FY2027 but does not itself appropriate money.
• Reporting requirements to Congress are included to track establishment and progress.
• The measure focuses narrowly on workforce development and graduate medical education tied to IHS; the working group is time-limited while the Office is ongoing.

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