[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3038 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3038
To establish a real-time data dashboard for graduate medical education
training positions to improve health care workforce planning and
distribution for the purposes of alleviating physician shortages in
medically underserved communities.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 23, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To establish a real-time data dashboard for graduate medical education
training positions to improve health care workforce planning and
distribution for the purposes of alleviating physician shortages in
medically underserved communities.
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 Care Workforce Real-Time Data
Dashboard Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis has
projected shortages across a wide range of health care
occupations, particularly in rural and medically underserved
communities.
(2) The Health Resources and Services Administration has
increased its focus on rural residency training through
programs such as the Rural Residency Planning and Development
Program.
(3) Real-time information on graduate medical education
training positions, applications, and residency match
fulfillment rates would enhance the ability to assess whether
Federal programs are effectively addressing physician shortages
in medically underserved communities.
(4) Improved data collection and analysis regarding
graduate medical education training positions would support
evidence-based health care workforce planning and policy
development.
SEC. 3. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION REAL-TIME DATA DASHBOARD.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services,
acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
Administration, (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'')
shall develop and maintain a real-time data dashboard for graduate
medical education residency training position participants.
(b) Dashboard Components.--The dashboard established under
subsection (a) shall include--
(1) real-time information on residency applications and
match rates, including--
(A) information on the number of applications
received per residency program;
(B) the geographic distribution of applicants to
each such program; and
(C) the number of interviews conducted with
applicants to each such program;
(2) aggregate statistical data on the characteristics of
applicants to residency programs, presented in a manner that--
(A) provides useful workforce planning information;
and
(B) protects individual privacy and does not
include personally identifiable information;
(3) residency position fulfillment rates by specialty and
geographic region;
(4) data on training program completion rates and graduate
practice location patterns; and
(5) an analysis of trends in physician placement in rural
and medically underserved communities.
(c) Interagency Collaboration.--
(1) Required collaboration.--In developing and maintaining
the dashboard under this section, the Secretary shall
collaborate with--
(A) the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services;
(B) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
(C) the heads of other relevant Federal agencies,
as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(2) Data sharing agreements.--The Secretary shall enter
into appropriate data sharing agreements with Federal agencies,
including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to
access relevant graduate medical education data maintained by
such agencies, including data maintained by or through the
Association of American Medical Colleges.
(3) Coordination with existing systems.--The dashboard
shall be designed to complement and integrate with existing
data collection and reporting systems to avoid duplication and
maximize efficiency.
(d) Data Privacy and Security.--
(1) Privacy protection.--The dashboard shall be designed
and operated in compliance with all applicable Federal privacy
law, including the privacy regulations promulgated pursuant to
section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2 note) and section
552a of title 5, United States Code.
(2) De-identification.--All individual-level data included
in or used to generate dashboard information shall be de-
identified in accordance with applicable Federal regulations.
(3) Security measures.--The Secretary shall implement
appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards
to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of
data used in connection with the dashboard.
(4) Access limitations.--
(A) Non-public data.--The Secretary shall limit
access to non-public dashboard data to authorized
personnel with a legitimate need for such information
in connection with health care workforce planning and
program evaluation activities.
(B) Public data.--The Secretary shall make
aggregate, de-identified information from the dashboard
publicly available through an accessible online
interface, subject to appropriate privacy and security
protections.
SEC. 4. REPORTING.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and
annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on--
(1) the implementation and operation of the dashboard;
(2) key findings regarding health care workforce trends and
distribution;
(3) the effectiveness of Federal programs in addressing
physician shortages in medically underserved communities; and
(4) recommendations for improving health care workforce
planning and distribution.
SEC. 5. DEFINITION.
In this Act, the term ``medically underserved community'' has the
meaning given such term in section 799B of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 295p).
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for fiscal year
2026 to carry out this Act.
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