Sponsor
Steven Horsford
Representative · D-NV
Representative · D-NV
The bill funds and formalizes targeted technical-assistance and peer-learning for grantees—especially tribes, territories, and nonprofits—improving grant success, but it creates modest federal costs, additional reporting burdens, and potential uncertainty from removing an existing provision.
Tribal and territorial grantees, plus nonprofits, receive tailored application and project support that increases their chances of successfully implementing federal grants.
Nonprofits and health systems benefit from peer conferences and information exchanges that spread best practices and improve program effectiveness across grantees.
Nonprofits and state governments gain immediate access to technical-assistance funding through a $15 million FY2026 appropriation that enables timely support rather than unfunded mandates.
State governments and nonprofits may face uncertainty and loss of benefits if the deletion of subsection (b)(4)(D) removes an existing provision stakeholders relied on.
Taxpayers effectively pay for the new technical-assistance program through a $15 million FY2026 appropriation, reducing federal funds available for other priorities.
Federal employees and program administrators face increased administrative and reporting burdens because the bill requires reporting to Congress each Congress, which may divert staff time from service delivery.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Adds a statutory technical assistance program for health grant applicants and grantees and provides $15M for FY2026 to implement it.
Official title: To provide for technical assistance under the health profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act.
Introduced September 16, 2025 by Steven Horsford · Last progress September 16, 2025
Creates a new, dedicated technical assistance program for certain federal health grant programs by adding a "Technical assistance" subsection to 42 U.S.C. § 1397. It requires the Secretary to provide tailored application and project-support services, convene peer technical-assistance conferences, facilitate information sharing among grantees (including tribal entities and territories), and report each Congress to congressional tax/finance committees. The bill also provides $15 million for fiscal year 2026 to carry out the new technical assistance activities. All changes take effect October 1, 2025.