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Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017
Introduced: June 7, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 7, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 7, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017
This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, with an aggregate increase of 3,000 positions per fiscal year for five years. Of these positions, at least 1,500 per fiscal year must be for residents in a shortage specialty residency program (i.e., a program in a specialty in which baseline physician requirements projections exceed the projected supply of total active physicians, as identified by the Health Resources and Services Administration in a specified report).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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