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The bill helps displaced medical trainees access out-of-state abortion-training and reimburses relocation costs—strengthening clinician capacity and patient access in receiving States—while adding federal costs and creating potential strains for receiving programs and continued local access gaps in restrictive or rural States.
Displaced health-care trainees (including doctors in residency) can train in other States, increasing the number of clinicians with sexual and reproductive health and abortion-care skills available in receiving States.
Trainees who must relocate for required abortion training receive reimbursement for travel and related expenses, lowering financial barriers for low- and middle-income trainees to complete training.
Expanded training capacity in receiving States can increase patient access to abortion and reproductive services where those trainees practice, benefiting people who seek care in those States.
People in States with restrictive laws may still lack local access to trained providers because training shifts to other States, leaving in-State shortages and travel burdens for patients.
Receiving-State programs may face strain or shift slots toward out-of-state trainees, reducing training opportunities for in-State students and potentially stressing program resources.
Federal spending of $10 million per year increases taxpayer costs and adds to federal budget obligations over FY2027–FY2031.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Establishes an HRSA grant program to expand approved residency training in sexual and reproductive health and reimburse travel for trainees displaced by State abortion limits, $10M/year for FY2027–2031.
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for coverage of expenses to improve the reproductive health care workforce.
Introduced June 24, 2026 by Kelly Morrison · Last progress June 24, 2026
Creates a new HRSA grant, contract, and cooperative agreement program to expand and support approved graduate medical residency programs that train health professionals in sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion care, when those trainees must leave their State because of a State law limiting abortion access. The program also funds reimbursement of travel and related expenses for displaced trainees and is authorized at $10 million per year for fiscal years 2027–2031.