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House Bill 5432
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Medical Education for a Diverse America Act
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H. R. 5432 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5432


To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count toward the determination of full time equivalency for graduate medical education under the Medicare program time spent in an approved medical residency training program for training in culturally and linguistically appropriate care.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 13, 2019

Ms. Mucarsel-Powell (for herself and Ms. Porter) introduced the following bill; which was 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

A BILL

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count toward the determination of full time equivalency for graduate medical education under the Medicare program time spent in an approved medical residency training program for training in culturally and linguistically appropriate care.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Medical Education for a Diverse America Act”.

SEC. 2. Training tomorrow’s doctors for culturally and linguistically appropriate care: graduate medical education.

(a) Direct GME.—Section 1886(h)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 22 1395ww(h)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph :

“(L) TREATMENT OF CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING.—In determining a hospital’s number of full-time equivalent residents for purposes of this subsection, all the time that is spent by an intern or resident in an approved medical residency training program for education and training in cultural competency and linguistically appropriate service delivery shall be counted toward the determination of full time equivalency.”.

(b) Indirect medical education.—Section 1886(d)(5)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(B)) is amended—

(1) by redesignating the clause (x) added by section 5505(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as clause (xi); and

(2) by adding at the end the following new clause:

“(xii) The provisions of subparagraph (L) of subsection (h)(4) shall apply under this subparagraph in the same manner as they apply under such subsection.”.

(c) Effective date.—The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to payments made to hospitals on or after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.