US Congress House Bill 2224 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-3)
Status: Introduced on June 16 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Improving Physician Access in Teaching Hospitals (PATH) Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (DME) costs. States that, if a hospital's resident level for each of the five most recent cost reporting periods is less than the otherwise applicable resident limit, then the otherwise applicable resident limit shall be reduced by the difference between it and the highest reference resident level for any of those five cost reporting periods. Excepts from this reduction requirement a hospital: (1) located in a rural area with fewer than 250 beds, or (2) that has had in effect a voluntary residency reduction plan. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase the otherwise applicable resident limit (create additional residency slots) for applicant hospitals according to a specified formula that takes into account the aggregate reduction in limits attributable to this Act. Expands the primary care bonus to certain underserved specialties, such as psychiatry or neurology. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a small physician practice residency credit.

Improving Physician Access in Teaching Hospitals (PATH) Act of 2011

Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-06-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-06-16	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-06-16	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-06-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2224/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2224/BILLS-112hr2224ih.pdf