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HR 3755 114th Congress House Health Department of Veterans Affairs Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Medical education Medicare Veterans' medical care

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the disregard of certain resident slots that include Department of Veterans Affairs training in determining payments for direct graduate medical education costs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 9, 2015 Introduced by: Titus, Dina Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
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Oct 21, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 9, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 9, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Oct 9, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise provisions related to graduate medical education (GME) residency positions and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Under current law, for purposes of calculating Medicare payments for hospitals, certain limitations apply regarding the total number of GME residency positions in a hospital's training program. The bill specifies that these limitations shall not apply to any residency position that counts towards meeting the VA's obligation under the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to increase by 1,500 the number of GME residency positions at VA medical facilities.

The bill also extends by five years the period over which the VA must increase the number of GME residency positions at its medical facilities.

What's happening now October 21, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1