US Congress Senate Bill 348 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2-2)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, with an aggregate increase of 3,000 positions per fiscal year for five years. Of these positions, at least 1,500 per fiscal year must be for residents in a shortage specialty residency program (i.e., a program in a specialty in which baseline physician requirements projections exceed the projected supply of total active physicians, as identified by the Health Resources and Services Administration in a specified report).

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019

Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/348/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s348/BILLS-116s348is.pdf