Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act”.
Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions under the Medicare program.
Sec. 2 Modifying the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions under the Medicare program
Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)) is amended—
in paragraph (9)—
in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), by amending such subclause to read as follows:
“(I) Hospitals that—
“(aa) are located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or
“(bb) are treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E), but only if such hospital so treated meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section.”
in subparagraph (F)(ii), by inserting “and includes, with respect to the distribution of full-time equivalent residency positions for fiscal year 2023 or 2024, a hospital that is treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E) regardless of whether such hospital meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section” before the period; and
in paragraph (10)(B)(ii)(I), by amending such subclause to read as follows:
“(I) Hospitals that—
“(aa) are located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or
“(bb) are treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E), but only if such hospital so treated meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section.”