[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5464 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5464

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the 
        collection of data regarding graduate medical education.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 10, 2024

  Mr. Booker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the 
        collection of data regarding graduate medical education.

    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 ``GME Data Transparency Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. COLLECTION OF DATA REGARDING GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.

    Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)) is 
amended, by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) Collection of data regarding graduate medical 
        education.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For cost reporting periods 
                beginning on or after January 1, 2027, the Secretary 
                shall collect the following data from each hospital 
                with an approved medical residency training program:
                            ``(i) Attrition data in an aggregated 
                        format on the probation, transfers, 
                        withdrawals, and dismissals in the approved 
                        medical residency training program, and the 
                        number of residents who completed such program 
                        delineated by demographic categories such as 
                        age, gender, race and ethnicity.
                            ``(ii) The types of residency specialties 
                        funded by the approved medical residency 
                        training program and the number of residents 
                        being trained in each specialty delineated by 
                        demographic categories such as age, gender, 
                        race and ethnicity.
                    ``(B) Attrition data defined.--The term `attrition 
                data' means data regarding the disenrollment of a 
                resident from an approved medical residency training 
                program before such resident completes such program.
                    ``(C) Publishing of data.--Not later than1 year 
                after the date of enactment of this paragraph and on a 
                periodic basis determined by the Secretary thereafter, 
                the Secretary shall make available on the internet 
                website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
                a public use file of the data collected under 
                subparagraph (A).
                    ``(D) Regulations and deference.--The Secretary 
                shall promulgate such regulations as necessary to carry 
                out this paragraph. In issuing such regulations, 
                Congress delegates to the Secretary the authority to 
                interpret the provisions of this paragraph.''.
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