Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions to help combat the substance use disorder crisis.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act
This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for hospitals that have addiction or pain medicine programs, with an aggregate increase of 1,000 positions over a five-year period.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7050: Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7050/
"H.R. 7050: Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7050/.
H.R. 7050, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-7050/.
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