GME Data Transparency Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5464
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2024-12-10
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5464 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 10, 2024 Mr. Booker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the collection of data regarding graduate medical education.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the GME Data Transparency Act of 2024 . 2. Collection of data regarding graduate medical education Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h) ) is amended, by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (11) Collection of data regarding graduate medical education (A) In general For cost reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027, the Secretary shall collect the following data from each hospital with an approved medical residency training program: (i) Attrition data in an aggregated format on the probation, transfers, withdrawals, and dismissals in the approved medical residency training program, and the number of residents who completed such program delineated by demographic categories such as age, gender, race and ethnicity. (ii) The types of residency specialties funded by the approved medical residency training program and the number of residents being trained in each specialty delineated by demographic categories such as age, gender, race and ethnicity. (B) Attrition data defined The term attrition data means data regarding the disenrollment of a resident from an approved medical residency training program before such resident completes such program. (C) Publishing of data Not later than1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph and on a periodic basis determined by the Secretary thereafter, the Secretary shall make available on the internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a public use file of the data collected under subparagraph (A). (D) Regulations and deference The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as necessary to carry out this paragraph. In issuing such regulations, Congress delegates to the Secretary the authority to interpret the provisions of this paragraph. .