Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fair Access In Residency Act” or the “FAIR Act”.
Fair Access In Residency Act
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require as a condition of satisfying the definition of an approved medical residency training program for purposes of payments under Medicare for costs related to graduate medical education for hospitals operating such a program to submit information to encourage more equitable treatment of osteopathic and allopathic candidates in the residency application and review process, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Encouraging more equitable treatment of osteopathic and allopathic candidates in residency application and review process
In general— Section 1886(h)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(5)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(i) the number of applicants for residency in such program who are from osteopathic medical schools and the number who are from allopathic medical schools;
“(ii) the number of such applicants who were accepted into such program from each of such types of medical school; and
“(iii) an affirmation that—
“(I) the hospital accepts applicants for such program from both osteopathic and allopathic medical schools; and
“(II) if an examination score is required for acceptance in such program, the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States (COMLEX–USA) and the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) are equally accepted.”
Publication— The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall publish on a public website the information described in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 1886(h)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act, and the affirmation described in clause (iii) of such section, submitted by each approved medical residency training program for each year (beginning with 2024).