[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2094 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2094

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the per 
 resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments 
                      under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2009

   Mr. Pascrell (for himself, Mr. Moran of Kansas, and Mr. Young of 
   Alaska) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the per 
 resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments 
                      under the Medicare Program.

    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 ``Physician Training Promotion Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT OF THE LOCALITY ADJUSTED NATIONAL 
              AVERAGE PER RESIDENT AMOUNT THE PAYMENT FLOOR FOR DIRECT 
              GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PAYMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 1886(h)(2)(D)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(h)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' after ``70 percent,''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``85 percent,'' the following: ``for 
        the cost reporting period beginning during fiscal year 2009 
        shall not be less than 90 percent, for the cost reporting 
        period beginning during fiscal year 2010 shall not be less than 
        95 percent, and for the cost reporting period beginning during 
        fiscal year 2011 shall not be less than 100 percent,''.
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