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[H.R. 6077 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6077
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that medical students,
medical residents, and medical faculty receive education and training
in the deployment of artificial intelligence in the medical profession,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 18, 2025
Ms. Barragan (for herself, Mr. Lieu, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that medical students,
medical residents, and medical faculty receive education and training
in the deployment of artificial intelligence in the medical profession,
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 ``Healthcare Education in AI Literacy
Act'' or the ``HEAL-AI Act''.
SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEDICAL EDUCATION.
Part C of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
293k et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Subpart III--Artificial Intelligence Medical Education
``SEC. 749C. PURPOSE.
``The purpose of this subpart is to create a program of grants to
be administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration for
the education and training of medical students, medical residents, and
medical faculty in the deployment of artificial intelligence in the
medical profession.
``SEC. 749D. DEFINITIONS.
``In this subpart:
``(1) Artificial intelligence or ai.--The term `artificial
intelligence' or `AI' means, with respect to the medical
profession, a machine-based system--
``(A) capable of generating predictions,
recommendations, or decisions that influence real
medical profession environments, as aligned with a set
of objectives defined by humans; and
``(B) that employs inputs derived from both machine
and human sources to perceive and process data from
real or virtual environments to provide information or
facilitate actions.
``(2) Education and training.--The term `education and
training'--
``(A) means, with respect to the medical
profession, competency-based medical education and
training for skill-building and decisionmaking to
improve health outcomes and patient care; and
``(B) includes--
``(i) the use of data and data analysis;
``(ii) training such as virtual simulation
and case studies; and
``(iii) student assessment to provide--
``(I) feedback and personalize
learning; and
``(II) the latest updates to health
care.
``(3) Medical resident.--The term `medical resident' means
a graduate from an accredited medical school who is
participating in a postgraduate medical residency training
program at a residency sponsoring institution.
``(4) Medical student.--The term `medical student' means a
student who attends a qualified medical school.
``(5) Qualified medical school.--The term `qualified
medical school' means an accredited school of medicine or
accredited school of osteopathic medicine.
``(6) Residency sponsoring institution.--The term
`residency sponsoring institution' means an institution that
sponsors a postgraduate medical residency training program
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education.
``(7) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator
of the Health Resources and Services Administration.
``SEC. 749E. GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LITERACY
FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS, RESIDENTS, AND FACULTY.
``(a) Grant Program.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a
program under which the Secretary makes grants, on a competitive basis,
to qualified medical schools or residency sponsoring institutions for
the education and training of medical students, medical residents, and
medical faculty of such schools or institutions in the deployment of
artificial intelligence in the medical profession.
``(b) Applications.--
``(1) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a qualified medical school or residency
sponsoring institution shall include in the application
submitted under section 796, in addition to any information
required by such section--
``(A) the desired grant amount, not to exceed
$100,000; and
``(B) the assurances described in paragraph (2).
``(2) Required assurances.--The assurances described in
this paragraph are the following:
``(A) An assurance that the school or institution
will comply with the reporting requirements under
section 749F.
``(B) An assurance that the school or institution
will provide a description of the need for medical
students, medical residents, or medical faculty of such
school or institution, as appropriate, to become
literate in artificial intelligence and to indicate how
the grant would facilitate--
``(i) bringing interdisciplinary expertise
to the development and provision of the AI
curriculum;
``(ii) completing formal program evaluation
regarding effectiveness of the local
implementation of AI; and
``(iii) sharing tools and learning with the
broader education community to support
relationship building and continued education
within the medical education community.
``(c) Use of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--A grant under this section may only be
used for the education and training of medical students,
medical residents, and medical faculty in the deployment of
artificial intelligence to understand the immediate
effectiveness of training in competencies of the technology,
including--
``(A) utilizing AI for medical diagnostics,
treatment recommendations, and predictive analytics;
``(B) integrating AI tools into clinical support
and decision-making processes;
``(C) understanding the ethical implications of AI
in health care, such as bias, patient data privacy, and
algorithm transparency;
``(D) studying the impact of artificial
intelligence in medical ethics use cases; and
``(E) conducting practical educational
demonstrations or laboratories to exhibit the variety
of use cases artificial intelligence may be deployed in
a health profession field.
``(2) Limitation on use for administrative costs.--Not more
than 10 percent of the amount of a grant under this section may
be used for administrative costs, including the preparation of
the annual reports required under section 749F.
``(3) Prohibition on publishing in predatory journals.--A
grant under this section may not be used to support the
publication of any piece in a predatory journal.
``(d) Renewal.--A qualified medical school or residency sponsoring
institution that receives a grant under this section may apply for
renewal of such grant for one or more additional grant periods.
``(e) Access; Priority.--In making grants under this section, the
Secretary shall--
``(1) promote access to emerging technologies; and
``(2) give priority to schools or institutions that provide
care to medically underserved communities.
``(f) Collaborating With Outside Entities.--In carrying out the
activities described in subsection (c)(1), a qualified medical school
or residency sponsoring institution may--
``(1) collaborate with academic, nonprofit, and government
entities, including other educational departments within the
university or college of the qualified medical school, such as
departments of computer science, computer engineering, software
engineering, data science, computer programming, scientific
computing, or any other related field as the Secretary
determines appropriate; and
``(2) consult with--
``(A) any of the academic, nonprofit, or government
entities described in paragraph (1); or
``(B) a for-profit entity.
``(g) Geographic Diversity.--In awarding grants under this section,
the Secretary shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, grants are
distributed among qualified medical schools and residency sponsoring
institutions that serve geographically diverse areas, including urban,
suburban, and rural areas across the United States. The Secretary may
award grants under this section to not more than two qualified medical
schools or residency sponsoring institutions located within the same
2020 United States Census Division.
``(h) Yearly Funding Limit.--A qualified medical school or
residency sponsoring institution may not receive more than $100,000 in
funding under this section in any fiscal year.
``SEC. 749F. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
``(a) Annual Reports.--Not later than 180 days after receiving a
grant under section 749E, and annually thereafter for the duration of
the grant period, a qualified medical school or residency sponsoring
institution that receives such grant shall submit to the Secretary a
report that includes--
``(1) a summary of the educational program goals and
objectives and related evidence to support academic progress or
advancements made under such grant;
``(2) the amount of grant funds expended by such school or
institution for artificial intelligence education and training;
``(3) a description of how education and training was
integrated into existing curricula, or used to create new
curricula including the strategy, approach, and methods to
begin development of the resources or curricula;
``(4) the number of learners that enrolled in and
successfully completed at least one course funded by such
grant, to become knowledgeable in artificial intelligence
literacy; and
``(5) a list of any entity with which the school or
institution collaborated or consulted under section 749E(f).
``(b) Requirement To Make Educational Material Publicly
Available.--Not later than 30 days after submitting a report under
subsection (a), the qualified medical school or residency sponsoring
institution submitting such report shall make publicly available any
educational materials funded by the grant with respect to which such
report was submitted--
``(1) on the website of the school or institution; or
``(2) on an online academic research portal.
``SEC. 749G. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart
$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.''.
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