3.0.0 1301 2023-01-11T13:37:39Z 2023-01-11T13:37:39Z Senate S 2017-06-07 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-07T16:07:49Z Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 115 2267 HR 2017-05-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2017-06-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-06-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2017-06-07 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2017-06-07 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2017-07-31 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2017-10-02 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-03-14 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2018-03-14 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2018-07-16 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-07-16 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-07-16 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-07-16 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-07-16 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2018-07-23 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2018-08-16 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-09-25 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2018-11-13 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-11-26 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2018-12-10 False Health Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health personnel Hospital care Medical education Medicare Minority employment Minority health Rural conditions and development Health 00 2017-06-07 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-05T14:04:19Z Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017

This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, with an aggregate increase of 3,000 positions per fiscal year for five years. Of these positions, at least 1,500 per fiscal year must be for residents in a shortage specialty residency program (i.e., a program in a specialty in which baseline physician requirements projections exceed the projected supply of total active physicians, as identified by the Health Resources and Services Administration in a specified report).

]]> Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 Display Title Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1301is/xml/BILLS-115s1301is.xml 2017-06-07 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.