Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8953 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to the general population. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 14, 2020 Ms. CASTOR of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to the general population. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Creating Access to 4 Residency Education Act of 2020’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Dec 27, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8953.IH H8953 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8953 IH SEC. 2. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS 1 IN STATES WITH A LOW RATIO OF MEDICAL 2 RESIDENTS RELATIVE TO GENERAL POPU- 3 LATION. 4 Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 5 is amended by inserting after section 317U (42 U.S.C. 6 247b–23) the following: 7 ‘‘SEC. 317V. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PARTNER- 8 SHIPS IN STATES WITH A LOW RATIO OF MED- 9 ICAL RESIDENTS RELATIVE TO GENERAL 10 POPULATION. 11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Cen- 12 ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (in this section re- 13 ferred to as the ‘Administrator’) shall make grants to, or 14 enter into contracts with, eligible entities to support the 15 creation of new medical residency training programs or 16 slots within existing programs in States in which there is 17 a low ratio of medical residents relative to the general pop- 18 ulation. 19 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive Federal 20 funding under this section, an entity must— 21 ‘‘(1) be located in a State in which there are 22 fewer than 30 medical residents per population of 23 100,000; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Dec 27, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8953.IH H8953 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8953 IH ‘‘(2) be a public or nonprofit teaching hospital 1 or an accredited graduate medical education training 2 program. 3 ‘‘(c) PARTNERSHIPS.—In supporting the creation of 4 new medical residency training programs or slots through 5 a grant or contract under this section, an eligible entity 6 may enter into a partnership with a State, local govern- 7 ment, community health center, local health department, 8 hospital, or other organization deemed by the entity to be 9 appropriate. 10 ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—An agreement awarding a 11 grant or contract under this section shall— 12 ‘‘(1) in the case of a new or existing medical 13 residency training program in the field of primary 14 care— 15 ‘‘(A) require the entity awarded such grant 16 or contract to provide one-third of the cost of 17 the slots to be funded through the agreement; 18 and 19 ‘‘(B) to the extent and in the amounts 20 made available in advance in appropriations 21 Acts, require the Administrator to provide the 22 remaining two-thirds of the cost of such slots; 23 and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Dec 27, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8953.IH H8953 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 8953 IH ‘‘(2) in the case of a new or existing medical 1 residency training program in any other field— 2 ‘‘(A) require the award recipient to provide 3 one-half of the cost of the slots to be funded 4 through the agreement; and 5 ‘‘(B) to the extent and in the amounts 6 made available in advance in appropriations 7 Acts, require the Administrator to provide the 8 remaining one-half of the cost of such slots. 9 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator shall es- 10 tablish application processes for eligible entities to receive 11 funding under this section, including multiyear commit- 12 ments to ensure the continued funding of graduate med- 13 ical education slots for residents in training. 14 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 15 Administrator shall define the term ‘primary care’. 16 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 17 carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro- 18 priated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, and such sums 19 as may be necessary for fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Dec 27, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8953.IH H8953 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS