Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2005

Summary

Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the counting of time spent in outpatient settings by full-time-equivalent residents in approved medical residency training programs, for purposes of indirect medical education and direct graduate medical education payments. Defines all, or substantially all, of the costs for the training program in that nonhospital setting as the residents' stipends and benefits and other costs, if any, as determined by the training hospital and the entity (wholly owned or operated by the hospital) operating the nonhospital setting. Declares that the hospital is not required to pay the entity any amounts other than those determined by the hospital and the entity in order for the hospital to be considered to have incurred all, or substantially all, of the costs for the training program in that setting.

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Timeline

1. 18 November 2005

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13377)

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2. 18 November 2005

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13377, S13377-13378)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 November 2005

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 18 November 2005 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 November 2005

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 18 November 2005

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Sponsors

• Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
• Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
• Richard Durbin · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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