Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill keeps key rural health programs going and makes sure they focus on people who are hardest to reach. It continues federal grants that help small clinics and hospitals work together, do outreach, and improve care quality in rural areas. It also tells grant makers to use the funds to meet the needs of underserved people in those communities and to involve them in planning and running the projects, so services fit local realities . For network grants, it stresses building integrated local health networks that expand access to quality care and include underserved residents in planning and ongoing work . Funding for these rural programs is extended through 2030, preventing a lapse after 2025 .

Key points:

• Who is affected: Rural patients, especially underserved groups; small rural providers and local health networks .
• What changes: Grants must directly address underserved residents’ needs and include them in design and operations; stronger push for integrated care networks .
• When: Program funding is continued for 2026–2030, avoiding a drop-off after 2025 .