I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1117 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for graduate 
medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical 
residents relative to the general population. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2015 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself and Mr. HECK of Nevada) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants 
for graduate medical education partnerships in States 
with a low ratio of medical residents relative to the 
general population. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Creating Access to 
Residency Education Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS 
IN STATES WITH A LOW RATIO OF MEDICAL 
RESIDENTS RELATIVE TO GENERAL POPU-
LATION. 
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
is amended by inserting after section 317T (42 U.S.C. 
247b–22) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 317U. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNER-
SHIPS IN STATES WITH A LOW RATIO OF MED-
ICAL RESIDENTS RELATIVE TO GENERAL 
POPULATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Cen-
ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Administrator’) shall make grants to, or 
enter into contracts with, eligible entities to support the 
creation of new medical residency training programs or 
slots within existing programs in States in which there is 
a low ratio of medical residents relative to the general pop-
ulation. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive Federal 
funding under this section, an entity must— 
‘‘(1) be located in a State in which there are 
fewer than 25 medical residents per population of 
100,000; and 
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‘‘(2) be a public or nonprofit teaching hospital 
or an accredited graduate medical education training 
program. 
‘‘(c) PARTNERSHIPS.—In supporting the creation of 
new medical residency training programs or slots through 
a grant or contract under this section, an eligible entity 
may enter into a partnership with a State, local govern-
ment, community health center, local health department, 
hospital, or other organization deemed by the entity to be 
appropriate. 
‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—An agreement awarding a 
grant or contract under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a new or existing medical 
residency training program in the field of primary 
care— 
‘‘(A) require the entity awarded such grant 
or contract to provide one-third of the cost of 
the slots to be funded through the agreement; 
and 
‘‘(B) to the extent and in the amounts 
made available in advance in appropriations 
Acts, require the Administrator to provide the 
remaining two-thirds of the cost of such slots; 
and 
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‘‘(2) in the case of a new or existing medical 
residency training program in any other field— 
‘‘(A) require the award recipient to provide 
one-half of the cost of the slots to be funded 
through the agreement; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent and in the amounts 
made available in advance in appropriations 
Acts, require the Administrator to provide the 
remaining one-half of the cost of such slots. 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish application processes for eligible entities to receive 
funding under this section, including multiyear commit-
ments to ensure the continued funding of graduate med-
ical education slots for residents in training. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
Administrator shall define the term ‘primary care’. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, and such sums 
as may be necessary for fiscal years 2017 through 2021.’’. 
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