HB 6533

House·20th Congress·Filed Dec 1, 2025

An Act Strengthening the Healthcare System in Cultural and Indigenous Communities by Institutionalizing the Training and Employment of Tribal Health Workers and for Other Purposes

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The Tribal Health Workers Act proposes to train and employ members of Indigenous communities as volunteer health workers, giving each qualified tribe one worker per 30 families, and providing them with health insurance, tuition benefits, training, legal aid, and support to grow herbal medicine gardens.

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Authors · 2 Representatives

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An Act Strengthening the Healthcare System in Cultural and Indigenous Communities by Institutionalizing the Training and Employment of Tribal Health Workers and for Other Purposes

In plain language

Authors · 2 Representatives

Official sources

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