FAIR Act

Bill: 117-hr-8850
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2022-09-15
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee hiring

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Higher education

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Medical education

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fair Access In Residency Act or the FAIR Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires hospitals to certify that they accept residency applications from both osteopathic and allopathic medical schools and to disclose the number of applicants and acceptances from each type of program in order to receive graduate medical education payments under Medicare.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8850 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 15, 2022 Mrs. Harshbarger (for herself, Ms. Pingree , and Mr. Graves of Missouri ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require as a condition of satisfying the definition of an approved medical residency training program for purposes of payments under Medicare for costs related to graduate medical education for hospitals operating such a program to submit information to encourage more equitable treatment of osteopathic and allopathic candidates in the residency application and review process, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Access In Residency Act or the FAIR Act . 2. Encouraging more equitable treatment of osteopathic and allopathic candidates in residency application and review process (a) In general Section 1886(h)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(5)(A) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Such term shall not include a program operated by a hospital, with respect to a year (beginning with 2023), unless such hospital submits to the Secretary for such year— (i) the number of applicants for residency in such program who are from osteopathic medical schools and the number who are from allopathic medical schools; (ii) the number of such applicants who were accepted into such program from each of such types of medical school; and (iii) an affirmation that— (I) the hospital accepts applicants for such program from both osteopathic and allopathic medical schools; and (II) if an examination score is required for acceptance in such program, the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States (COMLEX–USA) and the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) are equally accepted. . (b) Publication The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall publish on a public website the information described in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1886(h)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act, and the affirmation described in clause (iii) of such section, submitted by each approved medical residency training program for each year (beginning with 2023).