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Community Health Center Fund and federal appropriations

Congress's decisions on the Community Health Center Fund and related federal program money.

70 updates · 66 sources · 4 analysis

RSSThis week's summary

Where it stands

Democrats won the House and Senate in the November election, and Jeffries named reversing Medicaid cuts and extending ACA credits as priorities. The stopgap P.L. 119-103 runs out December 11, and the mandatory Community Health Center Fund and NHSC still end December 31, 2026, 20 days later. No enacted bill extends the fund. The House Labor-HHS bill approved June 9 leaves it out, and the $750 million health center package the Energy and Commerce Committee advanced 45-0 on July 21 has not passed.

As of

Based on: Spectrum News · The White House · House Appropriations / CRFB · U.S. Congress

Analysis

The funding cliff is now two dates, twenty days apart

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The continuing resolution signed September 2 funds federal agencies through December 11, 2026. The mandatory Community Health Center Fund expires December 31, 2026. Both dates fall after the November 3 midterms, in the same lame-duck session, and the enrolled text of the resolution does not mention health centers.

This week: Build the first-quarter 2027 cash plan around both dates, and brief your board on them as separate risks.

Based on: Stopgap sets December 11 deadline, 20 days before the CHC Fund expires

What to watch

  • Whether committee action becomes enacted funding.
  • When any Community Health Center Fund extension passes, and how long it lasts.

What's next

Calendar (.ics)

What changed

The mandatory fund and the December 31 expiry

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The White House

Stopgap sets December 11 deadline, 20 days before the CHC Fund expires

The President signed H.R. 6500, now Public Law 119-103, funding the government through December 11. It does not mention health centers or the Community Health Center Fund, which still expires December 31.

Corrected Oct 16, 2026: Earlier text said the law's only health provision was a Medicare Improvement Fund offset. Section 2006 also adds $21.4 million to the Northern Mariana Islands' fiscal 2026 Medicaid allotment.

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Annual appropriations and continuing resolutions

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The White House

Stopgap sets December 11 deadline, 20 days before the CHC Fund expires

The President signed H.R. 6500, now Public Law 119-103, funding the government through December 11. It does not mention health centers or the Community Health Center Fund, which still expires December 31.

Corrected Oct 16, 2026: Earlier text said the law's only health provision was a Medicare Improvement Fund offset. Section 2006 also adds $21.4 million to the Northern Mariana Islands' fiscal 2026 Medicaid allotment.

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NHSC and teaching health center funding

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Other updates

Where

Who

Sources

  • NACHC (20)
  • National Association of Community Health Centers (9)
  • National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) (8)
  • U.S. House Office of the Law Revision Counsel (5)
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (2)
  • 340B Report (1)
  • Association for Utah Community Health (1)
  • ASTHO (1)
  • CHC Consulting Group (1)
  • CHCF (1)
  • DC Primary Care Association (1)
  • House Appropriations / CRFB (1)
  • HRSA / Federal Register notice 2026-17625 (Aug. 28, 2026) (1)
  • HRSA / National Health Service Corps; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7148, sec. 6401) (1)
  • HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce (Grants.gov forecast HRSA-27-084) (1)
  • NACHC (funding context) (1)
  • NACHC (National Association of Community Health Centers) (1)
  • Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives (1)
  • Office of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (1)
  • SAC Health (1)
  • Sen. Jeff Merkley (1)
  • Spectrum News (Schumer and Jeffries on Democratic congressional control, November 4, 2026) (1)
  • Synergy Billing (industry analysis) (1)
  • Synergy Billing / Congress (1)
  • The White House — signing statement, H.R. 6500 (1)
  • Todu Guam Foundation (1)
  • U.S. Congress (119th) (1)
  • U.S. Congress (119th) / Rep. Raul Ruiz (1)
  • U.S. Congress (H.R. 8201 official bill text via GovInfo; H.R. 9393 status); NACHC (committee funding split) (1)
  • WFYI Indianapolis (1)