To apply an alternative payment amount under the Medicare Program for certain graduate medical education programs established to train residents displaced by natural disasters.
Latest action · Apr 23, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 22, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for a cost reporting period beginning on or after July 1, 2005, to provide for payments of direct graduate education costs under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act in accordance with an alternative payment methodology for eligible hospitals in or adjacent to a major disaster area which have established a program to educate residents displaced from a graduate medical education (GME) program impacted by such disaster.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 22, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Anh "Joseph" Cao | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-LA | Charlie Melancon | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| D-LA | Rodney Alexander | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
| R-LA | Steve Scalise | Original | Apr 22, 2009 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 22, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 22, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Apr 22, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
- Apr 22, 2009Referred 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 852 | A bill to apply an alternative payment amount under the Medicare program for certain graduate medical education programs established to train residents displaced by natural disasters. | Identical bill | Apr 22, 2009 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
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- Apr 22, 2009Introduced in House
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