Bill · H.R. 5375· House(119-HR-5375)
Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act
- Introduced
- 9/16/2025
- Last activity
- 9/16/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Sponsored by
- Judy Chu
- Cosponsors
- None
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act," aims to remove barriers to entering health professions. It focuses on providing resources for foundational educational training, such as English language proficiency and adult basic education. Additionally, it requires demonstration projects to provide child care support. These changes would be applied to the health profession opportunity grant program under the Social Security Act. The act is intended to help individuals progress toward career goals in health occupations.
Yes· 3 of 10
Does this make child care cost less?+7
The bill requires demonstration projects to guarantee available and affordable childcare through subsidies and direct payments.
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?+6
The bill provides targeted educational and childcare support for lower-skilled and low-income individuals.
Would women be better off under this?+5
The provision of childcare support specifically helps women balance career advancement with caregiving responsibilities.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Access to Foundational Education: The bill requires an assessment for adult basic skill competency and the provision of adult basic skills education. This helps lower-skilled individuals enroll in and complete post-secondary training (Section 2, subsection c, 1, A).
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Language and Academic Support: It establishes a network of partners to offer pre-training activities for those needing to improve basic academic skills or English language proficiency (Section 2, subsection c, 1, A, i).
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Ongoing Skill Advancement: Project participants can receive resources to continue advancing their adult basic skill proficiency while they are enrolled in a career pathway program (Section 2, subsection c, 1, A, ii).
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Career Support: The bill embeds adult basic skill maintenance as part of ongoing post-graduation career coaching and mentoring (Section 2, subsection c, 1, A, iii).
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Child Care Accessibility: The bill guarantees that child care is an available and affordable support service for participants (Section 2, subsection c, 1, B).
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Child Care Financial Assistance: Participants can receive help through referrals to subsidized child care, direct payments to providers if a subsidized slot is unavailable, or the payment of co-payments and associated fees (Section 2, subsection c, 1, B, i-iii).
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High School and Adult Education Assistance: The bill allows for assistance with accessing and completing high school equivalency or adult basic education courses to help individuals achieve career goals (Section 2, subsection c, 2).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts or burdens are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Low Income Households+6Good For Women+5Good For Hispanic Americans+4Good For Young Adults+4Good For Children+3
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Childcare Affordability+7Improves Poverty Reduction+4
- Economy And Finance
- Increases Job Creation+5
- Healthcare
- Improves Healthcare Access+4
- Education And Technology
- Improves College Affordability+3
- 9/16/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced in House