,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #d1 #bjag,mr4   
,kelly of ,pennsylvania 7for himself and
 ,mr4 ,buchanan7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 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 with respect 
to the accreditation of osteopathic     
residency training programs for purposes
 of graduate medical education payments 
under the ,medicare program4  #a4       
,accreditation of osteopathic residency 
training programs for purposes of       
graduate medical education payments     
under the ,medicare program ,section    
#ahhf7;h77#e7 of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acieww7h77#e77 is  

amended-- 7#a7 by amending subparagraph 
7,a7 to read as follows3  7,a7 ,approved
 medical residency training program ,the
 term approved medical residency        
training program means a residency or   
other postgraduate medical training     
program1 including an osteopathic       
community residency training program--  
7i7 participation in which may be       
counted toward certification in a       
specialty or subspecialty2 and  7ii7    
which has been approved by an           
accrediting body certified by the       
,secretary4  2  7#b7 by amending        
subparagraph 7,d7 to read as follows3   
7,d7 ,foreign medical graduate ,the term
 foreign medical graduate means a       
resident who is not a graduate of--  7i7
 an accredited school of medicine2  7ii7
 an accredited school of osteopathy2 or 
7iii7 an accredited school of dentistry 
or podiatry4  2  7#c7 in subparagraph   
7,g77iii71 by striking ,accreditation   
,council on ,graduate ,medical          
,education and inserting accreditor2 and

  7#d7 by adding at the end the         
following new subparagraphs3  7,l7      
,osteopathic community residency        
training program ,the term osteopathic  
community residency training program    
means an osteopathic medical residency  
training program that primarily relies  
on physicians who train residents in the
 residency training program on a        
volunteer basis while continuing to     
provide full-time patient care services4
  7,m7 ,multiple accrediting bodies for 
,allopathic and ,osteopathic ,medical   
,residency ,training ,programs ,the     
,secretary shall certify a minimum of   
two accrediting bodies for the purpose  
of accrediting medical residency        
training programs in allopathic and     
osteopathic medicine4  4