This bill keeps key rural health grant programs going and makes sure the money truly serves people in rural areas who often get left out. It tells the program leaders to use funds to meet local health needs and to involve rural residents in planning and running projects. It also pushes rural health networks to improve access to quality care for underserved communities and to include those communities in building and carrying out the networks.

It extends these rural health grant programs through 2030, so clinics, small providers, and local networks can keep improving care in rural towns over the next several years.

• Who is affected: Rural patients, small health care providers, and rural health networks.
• What changes: Grants must prioritize rural underserved populations and include them in project planning and operations; networks must focus on improving access and quality for these communities.
• When: Programs are reauthorized to continue through 2026–2030.