H.R. 1645106th CongressHouse Bill

Medicare Critical Need GME Protection Act of 1999

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Medicare Critical Need GME Protection Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for full payment to hospitals for costs of direct graduate medical education of residents for training in what the Secretary of Health and Human Services designates as a critical need specialty or subspecialty training program. States that such training shall be treated as part of the initial residency period, but shall not be counted against any limitation on the initial residency period.

Introduced Apr 29, 1999
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Fortney Stark

Democrat

U.S. Representative · CA-13

22 cosponsors — all Democrat

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