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HR 2251 111th Congress House Health Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Home and outpatient care Medical education Medicare

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009

Introduced: May 5, 2009 See on congress.gov
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May 6, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 5, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
May 5, 2009
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.
May 5, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 5, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) reduce a hospital's otherwise applicable resident limit by the number of positions unused for the five most recent cost reporting periods; and (2) require the distribution of additional resulting residency positions to certain other hospitals.

Requires that all the time spent by a resident in outpatient settings be counted towards the determination of full-time equivalency for the purposes of payments for direct graduate (GME) and indirect (IME) medical education costs, without regard to the setting in which the activities are performed, if the hospital continues to incur the costs of the resident's stipends and fringe benefits during the time the resident spends in that setting.

Sets forth rules for counting resident time for didactic and scholarly activities and other activities.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process for the redistribution of residency slots after a hospital closes.

What's happening now May 6, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Oct 20, 2009
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jul 8, 2009
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 4, 2009
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · May 20, 2009
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · May 5, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2251: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2251/
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"H.R. 2251: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2251/.
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H.R. 2251, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2251/.
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