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S. 2699 119th Congress Senate

Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain education and training programs relating to geriatrics, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 3, 2025 Introduced by: Susan M. Collins Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
Health AgingGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationMedical education
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 19, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Sep 3, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6010-6011)
Sep 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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What's happening now March 19, 2026

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 (1) the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, which provides grants to educate and train health professionals to care for older adults; and (2) the Geriatrics Academic Career Awards, which support the career development of junior faculty at health professions institutions who provide training in geriatrics. These programs are administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 10

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • ARGENTUM
    for ARGENTUM · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • DIRECT SUPPLY, INC.
    for DIRECT SUPPLY, INC. · Wisconsin · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • KRISTINE BLACKWOOD LLC
    for AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • DIRECT SUPPLY, INC.
    for DIRECT SUPPLY, INC. · Wisconsin · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • ARGENTUM
    for ARGENTUM · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • KRISTINE BLACKWOOD LLC
    for AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · New York · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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 Cosponsors 1
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Sep 3, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2699: Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2699/
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S. 2699, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2699/.
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