S 1149 · 102th Congress · Health

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to increase payments for direct graduate medical education costs of primary care residents in initial residing period, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1991-05-23· Sponsored by Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
Senate Vote
4
House
5
Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(1991-05-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase payments for direct graduate medical education (DME) costs of primary care residents in the initial residency period. Provides an overall cap on approved Full Time Equivalent resident amounts. Requires hospitals to provide more compensation to primary care residents than to non-primary care residents in order to receive DME funding.…

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