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This bill provides a targeted appropriation of $300,000 in both fiscal years 2026 and 2027 from the workforce development fund to support a pilot program at the Rural Cancer Institute aimed at expanding the clinical workforce in oncology care for rural districts. The grant is specifically designed to address the shortage of cancer care clinicians in rural areas by developing a community-based model that will help grow the oncology clinical workforce. The program will focus on providing health care students with critical skills needed to provide cancer care in rural settings, with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of cancer care clinicians in these underserved regions. The appropriation is designated as a one-time funding allocation, emphasizing its pilot nature and specific purpose of addressing workforce gaps in rural oncology care.

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