Chairman Griffith Celebrates More Than $195 Million for Rural Virginia Health Care

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will award $195,710,118 to Virginia in Year Two funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program.

This federal initiative, which was established through the 2025 reconciliation bill, H.R. 1 - the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, is part of a $50 billion funding pool to help states transform rural health care systems, strengthen rural community access to care and deliver improved health care outcomes in rural America. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, expressed his support for these federal funds in the following statement:

"This HHS announcement confirms that the Rural Health Transformation Program, which was launched by Republicans, will continue to improve patient outcomes in rural Virginia, including those in Virginia's Ninth District!

"An award for nearly $200 million will help yield health care access, resources and opportunity for rural communities in Virginia."

BACKGROUND

This notice follows Year One funding to Virginia of $189,544,888.

This summer, Chairman Griffith praised HHS action to deliver Year One funding to Virginia. A video with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz celebrating Year One funding is available here.

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