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Medicare Critical Need GME Protection Act of 1998

Introduced: May 21, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Jun 5, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jun 1, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 21, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
May 21, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
May 21, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 21, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E932)
May 21, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Critical Need GME Protection Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for full payment to hospitals for costs of direct graduate medical education of residents for training in what the Secretary of Health and Human Services designates as a critical need specialty or subspecialty training program. States that such training shall be treated as part of the initial residency period, but shall not be counted against any limitation on the initial residency period.

What's happening now June 5, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 21, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3940: Medicare Critical Need GME Protection Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3940/
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"H.R. 3940: Medicare Critical Need GME Protection Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3940/.
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H.R. 3940, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3940/.
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