3.0.0 2371 2023-01-11T13:32:22Z 2023-01-11T13:32:22Z Senate S 2015-12-08 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-12-08T21:49:09Z Physician Shortage Minimization Act of 2016 114 6276 HR 2016-10-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-12-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-12-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA N Taxation Employment taxes Health personnel Temporary and part-time employment Taxation 00 2015-12-08 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-05T20:52:59Z Physician Shortage Minimization Act of 2015

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify, for employment tax purposes, certain physicians who provide medical services for a temporary period (locum tenens physicians) as independent contractors rather than as employees.

]]> Physician Shortage Minimization Act of 2015 Display Title Physician Shortage Minimization Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of locum tenens physicians as independent contractors to help alleviate physician shortages in underserved areas. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Physician Shortage Minimization Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2371is/xml/BILLS-114s2371is.xml 2015-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.