HOPE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5379 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5379

     To guarantee that grants are made under the health profession 
opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act 
   to grantees in each State that is not a territory, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2025

  Mr. Larson of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
     To guarantee that grants are made under the health profession 
opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act 
   to grantees in each State that is not a territory, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Opportunities to Promote 
Equity Act'' or the ``HOPE Act''.

SEC. 2. GUARANTEE OF GRANTEES IN EACH STATE AND THE DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA; REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS.

    Section 2008 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397g) is 
amended by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and 
(e), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Guarantee of Grantees in Each State and the District of 
Columbia.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each grant cycle, the Secretary 
        shall award a grant under this section to at least 2 eligible 
        entities in each State that is not a territory, to the extent 
        there are a sufficient number of applications submitted by the 
        entities that meet the requirements applicable with respect to 
        such a grant. If, for a grant cycle, there are fewer than 2 
        eligible entities in such a State, the Secretary shall include 
        that information in the report required by paragraph (2) that 
        covers the fiscal year.
            ``(2) Reports to the congress.--During each Congress, the 
        Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of 
        the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
        the Senate a report on, with respect to the period since the 
        period covered in the most recent prior report submitted under 
        this paragraph--
                    ``(A) the number of applications submitted under 
                each subsection of this section;
                    ``(B) the number of the applications that were 
                approved; and
                    ``(C) a description of how grants were made in any 
                case described in the last sentence of paragraph 
                (1).''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2025.
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