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HR 1117 114th Congress House

Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2015

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to the general population.

Introduced: May 12, 2015 Introduced by: Castor, Kathy Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
Health Education programs fundingHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingMedical education
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Feb 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 26, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 26, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to award grants or enter into contracts to create or expand medical residency training programs in states where there are fewer than 25 medical residents per 100,000 people.

An awardee of a grant or contract provides a lower ratio of matching funds if its residency training program is in the field of primary care.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7 Republican 1
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Dec 16, 2015
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 8, 2015
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jun 3, 2015
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · May 29, 2015
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · May 13, 2015
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 12, 2015
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Apr 21, 2015
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Mar 17, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1117: Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1117/
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"H.R. 1117: Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1117/.
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