S 455
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2017
Introduced: February 27, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 27, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2017
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reimburse medical residency training programs under Medicare for certain graduate medical education costs associated with resident time spent in rural community hospitals known as "critical access hospitals."
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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