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Bills to Nowhere

These bills would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase the number of Medicare-supported hospital residency positions by 3,000 per year over the next five fiscal years. None of them have moved past committee review since being introduced last year.

House
Title: HR 1180: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Crowley [NY-14]
Status: With the Subcommittee on Health since it was referred there on March 14, 2013.
Title: HR 1201: Training Tomorrow’s Doctors Today Act
Sponsor: Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL18]
Status: With the Subcommittee on Health since it was referred there on March 14, 2013.

Senate
Title: S. 577: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 (a companion bill to HR 1190)
Sponsor: Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Status: With the Senate Committee on Finance since it was referred there on March 14, 2013.

Source: http://thomas.loc.gov