Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Train More Doctors Act of 2023”.
Train More Doctors Act of 2023
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the period for certain teaching hospitals to establish full-time equivalent residency caps for new residency training programs impacted by the COVID–19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Two-year extension of graduate medical education FTE resident cap building period for certain teaching hospitals impacted by the Covid–19 public health emergency
Section 1886(h)(4)(H)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(4)(H)(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subclause:
“(VI)
“(aa) In applying this clause in the case of a hospital that first began training residents in a new approved medical residency training program or programs on or after July 1, 2018, and before July 1, 2021, in determining the limitation on the number of total full time equivalent residents under subparagraphs (F) and (G) and under clauses (v) and (vi)(I) of subsection (d)(5)(B) with respect to such new approved medical residency training program or programs of such hospital, the Secretary shall extend by two years the cap building period (as defined in item (bb)) applicable to such new approved medical residency training program or programs of such hospital to take into account the impact of the COVID–19 public health emergency on such program or programs.
“(bb) For purposes of item (aa), the term cap building period means the 5-year period used to calculate the total adjustment of the limitation under subparagraph (F) for a hospital for a new approved medical residency training program under the relevant provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e) of section 413.79 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, and such other relevant provisions of such regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this subclause).”