A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue full-time-equivalent resident reimbursement for an additional one year under Medicare for direct graduate medical education for residents enrolled in combined approved primary care medical

4 Pages·1996·0.14 MB·English

by  United States. Congress. House

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104thCONGRESS H.R.4271
2dSession
ToamendtitleXVIIIoftheSocialSecurityActtocontinuefall-time-equiva-
lentresidentreimbursementforanadditionaloneyearunderMedicare
fordirectgraduatemedicaleducationforresidentsenrolledincombined
approvedprimarycaremedicalresidencytrainingprograms.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September27,1996
Ms.SLAUGHTERintroducedthefollowingbill;whichwasreferredtotheCom-
mitteeonWaysandMeans,andinadditiontotheCommitteeonCom-
merce, foraperiod tobe subsequentlydetermined bythe Speaker, in
eachcaseforconsiderationofsuchprovisionsasfallwithinthejurisdic-
tionofthecommitteeconcerned
A
BILL
To amendtitleXVIII ofthe Social SecurityActto continue
full-time-equivalent resident reimbursement for an addi-
tionaloneyearunderMedicarefordirect graduatemedi-
caleducationforresidentsenrolledincombinedapproved
primarycaremedicalresidencytrainingprograms.
1 BeitenactedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresenta-
2 tivesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled,
3 SECTION1.SHORTTITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the "Primary Care Pro-
5 motionActof1996".
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1 SEC. 2. MEDICARE SPECIALREIMBURSEMENTRULE FOR
2 PRIMARYCARECOMBINEDRESIDENCYPRO-
3 GRAMS.
4 (a) InGeneral.—Section 1886(h)(5)(G) oftheSo-
5 cialSecurityAct(42U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(5)(G))isamend-
6 ed—
7 (1) inclause (i),bystriking"and (iii)" andin-
8 serting (iii), and(iv)"; and
9 (2)byaddingattheendthefollowing:
10 "(iv) Special rule for primary
11 CARE COMBINEDRESIDENCYPROGRAMS.
12 (I) In the case ofa resident enrolled in a
13 combined medical residency training pro-
14 gram in which all of the individual pro-
15 grams (thatarecombined) arefortraining
16 aprimarycareresident (asdefinedinsub-
17 paragraph (H)), the period ofboard eligi-
18 bility shall be the minimum number of
19 yearsofformaltrainingrequiredto satisfy
20 therequirementsforinitialboardeligibility
21 in the longest of the individual programs
22 plusoneadditionalyear.
23 "(II) A resident enrolled in a com-
24 bined medical residency training program
25 that includes an obstetrics and gynecology
26 program qualifies for the period of board
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4 trainingaprimarycareresident.".
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5 (b) Effective Date. The amendments made by
6 subsection (a) applyto combined medical residencypro-
7 gramsineffectonorafterJuly1,1996.
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