Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011
Latest action · Dec 22, 2011 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.
- IntroducedDec 14, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a pilot project under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to test models for providing payment for direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect medical education (IME) to medical education entities (MEEs), not otherwise eligible to receive such payments, for the costs of training primary care residents.
Requires testing of two of the following model MEEs: (1) a community-based independent corporate entity collaborating with two or more hospitals to operate one or more primary care graduate medical residency training programs (training hospitals); (2) a MEE, with at least one community representative on its board, which is established by two or more training hospitals which may be the sole corporate members of the MEE; (3) a hospital subsidiary or independent corporation, with community participation in its governance, that operates one or more training programs for a hospital; or (4) a MEE (including a university or school of medicine) independent of any hospital but collaborating with one in operating one or more primary care graduate medical residency training programs.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 14, 2011 to Jun 8, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Dec 14, 2011 |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Jan 23, 2012 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jan 31, 2012 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Jan 31, 2012 | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Feb 28, 2012 | |
| R-AL | Jo Bonner | Mar 6, 2012 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Mar 19, 2012 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Mar 19, 2012 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Mar 19, 2012 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Mar 26, 2012 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Apr 27, 2012 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Apr 27, 2012 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 7, 2012 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | May 30, 2012 | |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | May 30, 2012 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jun 8, 2012 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Dec 14, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 22, 2011 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 14, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 16, 2011 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 16, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 14, 2011Introduced in House
- Dec 14, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8914-8915)
- Dec 14, 2011Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8914 | Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-WA | Dec 14, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H8966.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a Medicare primary care graduate medical education pilot project in order to improve access to the primary care workforce.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2011Introduced in House
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