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HR 8953 116th Congress House Health Education programs funding Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Medical education

Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2020

Introduced: December 14, 2020 Introduced by: Castor, Kathy Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 14, 2020
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Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2020

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award matching funds to teaching hospitals or other graduate medical education training programs for medical residency training programs in states where there are fewer than 30 medical residents per 100,000 people.

Recipients must cover one third of the costs for primary care residency training programs and one half of the costs for programs in other fields.

What's happening now December 14, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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