Improving medical education curricula for gender-affirming care

(a) Improving the provision of gender-Affirming care (1) In general The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award grants to eligible entities for the development, evaluation, and implementation of model curricula, demonstration projects, and training projects to improve the provision of gender-affirming care. (2) Eligible entities To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), an entity shall be— (A) a health care professions school; (B) a health care delivery site with fellows, residents, or other health care professional students or trainees; or (C) a licensing or accreditation entity for health care professions schools. (b) Curricula (1) Topics The Secretary shall ensure that curricula developed pursuant to subsection (a) include instruction on one or more of the following topics: (A) Gender-affirming care. (B) Cultural competency in treating transgender patients. (2) Pedagogical approaches Curricula developed pursuant to subsection (a) may employ— (A) didactic education; (B) clinical education; (C) simulated or standardized patient education; (D) community-based research; and (E) community-based learning. (c) Dissemination The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Library of Medicine and the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with medical education accrediting organizations, shall disseminate model curricula developed under this section. (d) Duration of award The period of a grant under this section shall be 3 years, subject to annual review and continuation by the Secretary. (e) Carryover funds The Secretary shall make available funds to grantees under this section on an annual basis, but may authorize a grantee to retain the funds for obligation and expenditure through the end of the 3-year grant period referred to in subsection (f). (f) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.