Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act

Bill: 118-hr-8235
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2024-05-02
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access

Health personnel

Higher education

Medical education

Medicare

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 807.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 807 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8235 [Report No. 118–960, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 2, 2024 Mr. Murphy 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 December 27, 2024 Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic December 27, 2024 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 2, 2024 A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act . 2. Modifying the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions under the Medicare program Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (9)— (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), by amending such subclause to read as follows: (I) Hospitals that— (aa) are located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or (bb) are treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E), but only if such hospital so treated meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section. ; and (B) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by inserting and includes, with respect to the distribution of full-time equivalent residency positions for fiscal year 2023 or 2024, a hospital that is treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E) regardless of whether such hospital meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section before the period; and (2) in paragraph (10)(B)(ii)(I), by amending such subclause to read as follows: (I) Hospitals that— (aa) are located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or (bb) are treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E), but only if such hospital so treated meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section. .

December 27, 2024 Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment December 27, 2024 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8235 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 2, 2024 Mr. Murphy 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 modify the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act . 2. Modifying the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions under the Medicare program Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (9)— (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), by amending such subclause to read as follows: (I) Hospitals that— (aa) are located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or (bb) are treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E), but only if such hospital so treated meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section. ; and (B) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by inserting and includes, with respect to the distribution of full-time equivalent residency positions for fiscal year 2023 or 2024, a hospital that is treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E) regardless of whether such hospital meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section before the period; and (2) in paragraph (10)(B)(ii)(I), by amending such subclause to read as follows: (I) Hospitals that— (aa) are located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or (bb) are treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E), but only if such hospital so treated meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section. .