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Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013

Introduced: March 14, 2013 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Apr 11, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 14, 2013
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.
Mar 14, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (DGME) costs.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), for each of FY2015-FY2019 (and each succeeding fiscal year if additional residency positions are available to distribute), to increase the otherwise applicable resident limit for each qualifying hospital.

Directs the Secretary to determine the total number of additional residency positions available for distribution, in accordance with guidelines for allocating 33% to hospitals already operating over the resident limit, and generally setting the aggregate number of increases in the resident limit to 3,000 in each year.

Specifies the process for distributing positions.

Declares that, for discharges occurring on or after July 1, 2015, the indirect teaching adjustment factor, with respect to additional payments for subsection (d) hospitals with indirect costs of medical education (IME), insofar as those additional payments are attributable to resident positions distributed to a hospital according to such process, shall be computed in a specified manner with respect to those resident positions.

(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

Directs the National Health Care Workforce Commission established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to study the physician workforce.

Directs the Comptroller General to study strategies for increasing the diversity of the health profession workforce.

What's happening now April 11, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 44
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Brownley, Julia
California · Jul 31, 2014
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Bera, Ami
California · Jul 17, 2014
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Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jun 24, 2014
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jun 24, 2014
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Thompson, Mike
California · May 22, 2014
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 9, 2014
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Apr 30, 2014
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 30, 2014
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 30, 2014
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Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Apr 4, 2014
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Apr 4, 2014
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 25, 2014
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Mar 25, 2014
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Takano, Mark
California · Mar 25, 2014
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Mar 14, 2014
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Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jan 10, 2014
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jan 10, 2014
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Dec 12, 2013
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 18, 2013
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Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Nov 18, 2013
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Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Nov 18, 2013
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Nov 18, 2013
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Green, Al
Texas · Sep 30, 2013
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Sep 12, 2013
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Huffman, Jared
California · Aug 2, 2013
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Meng, Grace
New York · Aug 2, 2013
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Aug 2, 2013
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Peters, Scott H.
California · Aug 2, 2013
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Chu, Judy
California · Jul 19, 2013
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Jul 19, 2013
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jul 11, 2013
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Jul 11, 2013
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 28, 2013
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 26, 2013
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 26, 2013
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Frankel, Lois
Florida · Jun 20, 2013
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jun 20, 2013
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Ruiz, Raul
California · Jun 20, 2013
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 6, 2013
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 17, 2013
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 9, 2013
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 9, 2013
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Tonko, Paul
New York · Apr 24, 2013
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 18, 2013