H.R. 6077

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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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