[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8235 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8235

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the 
distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions 
                      under the Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2024

  Mr. Murphy introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the 
distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions 
                      under the Medicare program.

    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 ``Rural Physician Workforce 
Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFYING THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL GRADUATE 
              MEDICAL EDUCATION POSITIONS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (9)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), by amending such 
                subclause to read as follows:
                                    ``(I) Hospitals that--
                                            ``(aa) are located in a 
                                        rural area (as defined in 
                                        section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or
                                            ``(bb) are treated as being 
                                        located in a rural area 
                                        pursuant to section 
                                        1886(d)(8)(E), but only if such 
                                        hospital so treated meets a 
                                        criterion specified in 
                                        subclause (I) or (II) of clause 
                                        (ii) of such section.''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by inserting ``and 
                includes, with respect to the distribution of full-time 
                equivalent residency positions for fiscal year 2023 or 
                2024, a hospital that is treated as being located in a 
                rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E) regardless 
                of whether such hospital meets a criterion specified in 
                subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section'' 
                before the period; and
            (2) in paragraph (10)(B)(ii)(I), by amending such subclause 
        to read as follows:
                                    ``(I) Hospitals that--
                                            ``(aa) are located in a 
                                        rural area (as defined in 
                                        section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or
                                            ``(bb) are treated as being 
                                        located in a rural area 
                                        pursuant to section 
                                        1886(d)(8)(E), but only if such 
                                        hospital so treated meets a 
                                        criterion specified in 
                                        subclause (I) or (II) of clause 
                                        (ii) of such section.''.
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