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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 13, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 879 Identical bill Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act of 1989
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 16, 1989
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 9, 1989
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 1, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1134: Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act of 1989. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1134/
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"H.R. 1134: Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act of 1989." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1134/.
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H.R. 1134, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1134/.
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