,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #c1 #bjbj,mr4 
,crdenas 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of
 ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,khanna1    
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1    
,ms4 ,stevens1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 and ,ms4    
,mucarsel-,powell7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,health and ,human ,services to         
establish a task force to conduct a     
study on physician shortages1 including 
barriers to physicians trained abroad   
practicing in the ,united ,states1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,task force ,to
 study physician shortages  7a7 ,in     
general ,the ,secretary of ,health and  
,human ,services shall establish a task 
force to conduct a study-- 7#a7         
evaluating and quantifying-- 7,a7 the   
impact of physician shortages in the    
,united ,states2 and  7,b7 the costs    
incurred by ,federal ,government and    

,state and local governments due to such
 shortages2  7#b7 quantifying the number
 of individuals who-- 7,a7 completed    
training outside the ,united ,states to 
practice as a physician2  7,b7 reside in
 the ,united ,states2 and  7,c7 do not  
practice as a physician2 and  7#c7      
determining the reasons why individuals 
described in paragraph 7#b7 are not     
practicing as a physician1 including    
identification of regulatory and other  
barriers to such practice4  7b7 ,report 
,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human   
,services shall require the task force  
established under subsection 7a7 to     
submit to the ,congress not later than  
#b years after the date of enactment of 
this ,act a report-- 7#a7 summarizing   
the results of the study under          
subsection 7a72 and  7#b7 making        
recommendations to ease barriers to     
individuals described in subsection     
7a77#b7 practicing as physicians in the 
,united ,states4