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Physicians for Underserved Areas Act
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements to the redistribution of residency slots under the Medicare program after a hospital closes.
Summary
This bill amends Medicare regulations governing the redistribution of physician residency training slots when a hospital closes. It modifies the criteria used to determine which hospitals are eligible to receive redistributed residency positions by adjusting the priority consideration process. The bill changes the standard for prioritizing hospitals from a general "likelihood of filling" criterion to specific timeframes: hospitals must demonstrate a likelihood of starting to utilize available positions within 2 years and filling them within 5 years. These changes apply to residency slot redistributions for hospitals that close after the bill's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR)
Actions (2)
- Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Mar 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2025
Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Boozman) 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 make improvements to the redistribution of residency slots under the Medicare program after a hospital closes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Physicians for Underserved Areas Act”.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REDISTRIBUTION OF RESIDENCY SLOTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM AFTER A HOSPITAL CLOSES.
(a) In General.—Section 1886(h)(4)(H)(vi) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(4)(H)(vi)) is amended—
(1) in subclause (II)—
(A) by striking item (cc) and redesignating item
(dd) as item (cc); and
(B) in item (cc), as redesignated under subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking “Fourth” and inserting “Third”; and
(ii) by striking “item (cc)” and inserting “item (bb)”; and
(2) in subclause (III), by striking “likelihood of filling” and all that follows and inserting the following: “likelihood of— “(aa) starting to utilize the positions made available under this clause within 2 years; and “(bb) filling the positions made available under this clause within 5 years.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to the redistribution of residency slots with respect to hospitals that close on or after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>
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