US Congress House Bill 5188 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions for which graduate medical education costs are paid under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must: (1) reduce a hospital's resident limit by a specified amount if the hospital has unused residency positions and is not a rural hospital with fewer than 250 acute care inpatient beds, and (2) increase the resident limit for each qualifying hospital that applies for an increase. In aggregate, the number of increased positions shall equal the number of reduced positions. The bill establishes specified priorities, limitations, and capacity considerations with respect to redistribution.

Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2016

Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]

Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2016-05-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2016-05-11	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2016-05-11	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2016-05-11	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.
2016-05-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5188/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5188/BILLS-114hr5188ih.pdf