GME Transparency Act of 2026

W. Gregory Steube

Republican · FL · Representative

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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.

2026-05-20

Source: Congress.gov

Hospitals that receive Medicare funding to train doctors in residency programs would be required to report whether their resident doctors are U.S. citizens or not. This would affect teaching hospitals across the country that participate in Medicare's graduate medical education funding. The information would help track the citizenship status of doctors in training at federally-funded medical programs.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8942 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8942 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals receiving payment for direct graduate medical education costs under the Medicare program to report information with respect to the citizenship status of residents in an approved medical residency training program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2026 Mr. Steube 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 require hospitals receiving payment for direct graduate medical education costs under the Medicare program to report information with respect to the citizenship status of residents in an approved medical residency training program. 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 ``GME Transparency Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. REQUIRING HOSPITALS RECEIVING PAYMENT FOR DIRECT GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION COSTS UNDER MEDICARE TO REPORT ON CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF RESIDENTS. (a) In General.--Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (5)(A), by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Such term does not include any residency or other postgraduate medical training program of a hospital that does not submit to the Secretary the information required under paragraph (11)(A) in accordance with such paragraph.''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(11) Requirement to submit certain citizenship information with respect to residents; cms report.-- ``(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this paragraph), a hospital receiving payment under this subsection for direct graduate medical education costs shall submit to the Secretary such deidentified information with respect to residents enrolled in an approved medical residency training program of the hospital as the Secretary determines necessary for purposes of the report required under subparagraph (B). ``(B) Report to congress.--Not later than 270 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this paragraph), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes, with respect to all approved medical residency training programs for which information was received pursuant to subparagraph (A) for such fiscal year, information regarding the number (and percentage) of residents enrolled in all such programs (disaggregated by State) who are-- ``(i) citizens of the United States; ``(ii) lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; ``(iii) aliens with status under section 101(a)(15)(J)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; ``(iv) aliens with nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; or ``(v) otherwise lawfully present in the United States. ``(C) Standardized reporting form.--The Secretary shall make available to each subsection (d) hospital with a residency or other postgraduate medical training program described in the first sentence of paragraph (5)(A) a standardized form for purposes of reporting the information required under subparagraph (A).''. <all>

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