[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2910 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2910

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the expansion 
     of medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2000

 Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mrs. Lincoln) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the expansion 
     of medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Geriatric Workforce Relief Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING EXPANSION OF MEDICAL RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS IN 
              GERIATRIC MEDICINE.

    (a) Payment for Direct Graduate Medical Education.--Section 
1886(h)(4)(F)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(h)(4)(F)(i)), as amended by section 407(b) of the Medicare, 
Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 
1501A-374), as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(6) of Public Law 
106-113, is amended by inserting ``or in the case of a medical 
residency training program in geriatric medicine'' after ``in a rural 
area''.
    (b) Payment for Indirect Medical Education.--Section 
1886(d)(5)(B)(v) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(5)(B)(v)), as so amended, is amended by inserting ``or in the 
case of a medical residency training program in geriatric medicine'' 
after ``in a rural area''.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) DGME.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to 
        cost reporting periods beginning on or after April 1, 2001.
            (2) IME.--The amendment made by subsection (b) applies to 
        discharges occurring on or after April 1, 2001.

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