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Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2005

Introduced: November 18, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Dec 2, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Nov 18, 2005
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.
Nov 18, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the counting of time spent in outpatient settings by full-time-equivalent residents in approved medical residency training programs, for purposes of direct graduate medical education payments and indirect medical education payments. Defines all, or substantially all, of the costs for the training program in that nonhospital setting as the residents' stipends and benefits and other amounts, if any, as determined by the hospital and the entity (wholly owned or operated by the hospital) operating the nonhospital setting. Declares that the hospital is not required to pay the entity any amounts other than those determined by the hospital and the entity in order for the hospital to be considered to have incurred all, or substantially all, of the costs for ther training program in that setting.

What's happening now December 2, 2005

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2071 Related bill Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2005
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jul 20, 2006
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Jul 11, 2006
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jun 20, 2006
TANNER, JOHN
· Nov 18, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4403: Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4403/
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"H.R. 4403: Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4403/.
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H.R. 4403, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4403/.
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