United States · Bill · S
S. 588 (110th)
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007
Introduced
14 February 2007
Last action
14 February 2007 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1968-1969)
Sponsors
Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL]
Subjects
Healthcare, Education
Source updated
10 February 2026
Summary
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase, over five cost reporting periods, the Medicare caps on the total number of full-time equivalent residents in the field of allopathic or osteopathic medicine (graduate medical education (GME) positions) for states with a shortage of residents. Requires the aggregate number of such increases for a state to be at least 15, but no more than the state resident cap increase.
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Timeline
14 February 2007
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1968-1969)
Source: IntroReferral
14 February 2007
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1968)
Source: IntroReferral
14 February 2007
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 14 February 2007 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/588
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/588
- us · 110-s-588 · source updated 10 February 2026