Bill Sponsor
House Bill 8953
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Dec 14, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Dec 14, 2020
Latest Action
Dec 14, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
8953
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Florida
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2020

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award matching funds to teaching hospitals or other graduate medical education training programs for medical residency training programs in states where there are fewer than 30 medical residents per 100,000 people.

Recipients must cover one third of the costs for primary care residency training programs and one half of the costs for programs in other fields.

Text (1)
December 14, 2020
Actions (2)
12/14/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
12/14/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:43:59 PM