Bill113th Congress

H.R. 487

Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2013

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Introduced
Feb 4, 2013
Origin Chamber
House
Policy Area
Health
Latest Action
Feb 14, 2013

Sponsor

Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]

Republican·WA-5
Bioguide ID: M001159
First Name: Cathy
Last Name: McMorris Rodgers
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Cosponsors
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Committees
6
Actions
0
Amendments
0
Related Bills
5
Subjects
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Summaries
3
Titles
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Bill Details

Update Date
Nov 15, 2022
Origin Chamber
House
Bill Type
HR
Bill Number
487
Congress
113
Introduced Date
Feb 4, 2013
Policy Area
Health
Is Law
No
Feb 14, 2013Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Source: House committee actions

Feb 8, 2013Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Source: House committee actions

Feb 4, 2013IntroReferralH11100

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: House floor actions

Feb 4, 2013IntroReferralH11100

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: House floor actions

Feb 4, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H

Introduced in House

Source: Library of Congress

Feb 4, 2013IntroReferral1000

Introduced in House

Source: Library of Congress

Introduced in House· Feb 4, 20130

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.

Ways and Means Committee

House· Standing

Energy and Commerce Committee

House· Standing
Health facilities and institutionsHealth personnelHospital careMedical educationMedicare

Introduced in House

Feb 4, 2013

Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2013 — Informed