119th Congress · introduced in the House · Sep 17, 2025
Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act of 2025
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Latest action (Sep 17, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Health
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Sep 17, 2025)
Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act of 2025
This bill adds medical laboratory professionals to the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and establishes a grant program to fund education programs for medical laboratory professionals.
Specifically, it makes medical laboratory professionals eligible to participate in the NHSC, which provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to health care providers who agree to work in areas with health care provider shortages. The bill also authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to, or enter into contracts with, certain hospitals, schools, and nonprofits to develop and operate accredited education programs that award degrees or certificates to medical laboratory professionals.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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5 citations.
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED · lobbying firm or registrant: QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$300,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R. 5444 - Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act of 2025 H.R. 7961 - Physicians and Healthcare Workforce Act S. 2355/H.R. 5582 - Patients Deserve Price Tags…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS · lobbying firm or registrant: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 12, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$250,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tests; H.R. 6130/S. 3267, the Alzheimers Screening and Prevention (ASAP) Act, provisions relating to Medicare coverage of blood-based dementia screening tests; H.R. 5444, the Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act, provisions relating to amending the Public Health Service Act to address the shortage of medical laborat…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED · lobbying firm or registrant: QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$470,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R. 5444 - Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act of 2025 H.R. 7961 - Physicians and Healthcare Workforce Act S. 2355/H.R. 5582 - Patients Deserve Price Tags…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS · lobbying firm or registrant: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · amended · posted Jan 13, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$260,000
Spent on own lobbying
…uthorization of services to Medicare Advantage beneficiaries; S. 2355, the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, provisions relating to lab test price transparency; H.R. 5444, the Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act, provisions relating to medical laboratory personnel eligibility for the National Health Service Corps an…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$110,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…rsuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, provisions relating to modifying cost sharing requirements for certain expansion individuals under the Medicaid program; H.R. 5444, the Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act, provisions relating to medical laboratory personnel eligibility for the National Health Service Corps an…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing