HR 1134
101th Congress
House
Health
Foreign-trained physicians
Licenses
Medicaid
Public assistance programs
Social Welfare
Standards
State laws
Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act of 1989
Introduced: February 27, 1989
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 27, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 27, 1989
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act of 1989 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit State physician licensure reciprocity standards from discriminating against foreign medical graduates. Authorizes States to require foreign medical graduates to have more years of accredited graduate medical education than licensed physicians who are not foreign medical graduates, provided such required accredited graduate medical education does not exceed three years.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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