United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 487 (113th)
Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2013
Introduced
4 February 2013
Last action
14 February 2013 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13], Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15], Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2], Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1], Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Subjects
Healthcare, Education
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a pilot project under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to test models for providing payment for direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect medical education (IME) to medical education entities (MEEs), not otherwise eligible to receive such payments, for the costs of training primary care residents. Requires testing of two of the following model MEEs: (1) a community-based independent corporate entity collaborating with two or more hospitals to operate one or more primary care graduate medical residency training programs (training hospitals); (2) a MEE, with at least one community representative on its board, which is established by two or more training hospitals which may be the sole corporate members of the MEE; (3) a hospital subsidiary or independent corporation, with community participation in its governance, that operates one or more training programs for a hospital; or (4) a MEE (including a university or school of medicine) independent of any hospital but collaborating with one in operating one or more primary care graduate medical residency training programs.
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Timeline
4 February 2013
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
4 February 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 February 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 February 2013
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
14 February 2013
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 4 February 2013 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/487
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/487
- us · 113-hr-487 · source updated 12 August 2025