US Congress House Bill 2251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-17)
Status: Introduced on May 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-05-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) reduce a hospital's otherwise applicable resident limit by the number of positions unused for the five most recent cost reporting periods; and (2) require the distribution of additional resulting residency positions to certain other hospitals. Requires that all the time spent by a resident in outpatient settings be counted towards the determination of full-time equivalency for the purposes of payments for direct graduate (GME) and indirect (IME) medical education costs, without regard to the setting in which the activities are performed, if the hospital continues to incur the costs of the resident's stipends and fringe benefits during the time the resident spends in that setting. Sets forth rules for counting resident time for didactic and scholarly activities and other activities. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process for the redistribution of residency slots after a hospital closes.

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009

Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL]	Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D-FL]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Adam Putnam [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-06		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-05-05		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-05-05		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-05-05		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.

SB973 (Same As) 2009-05-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2251/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2251/BILLS-111hr2251ih.pdf