Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/3/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-02-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Introduced in House
- 2017-02-16Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-16 (00)
Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions for which graduate medical education costs are paid under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must: (1) reduce a hospital's resident limit by a specified amount if the hospital has unused residency positions and is not a rural hospital with fewer than 250 acute care inpatient beds, and (2) increase the resident limit for each qualifying hospital that applies for an increase. In aggregate, the number of increased positions shall equal the number of reduced positions. The bill establishes specified priorities, limitations, and capacity considerations with respect to redistribution.
Cosponsors (6)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Mike Bishop (R-MI)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- David Kustoff (R-TN)
Subjects
- Education programs funding
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Hospital care
- Medical education
- Medicare
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