,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #b1        
#bjbc,mrs4 ,harshbarger 7for herself1   
,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,graves of          
,missouri1 and ,mr4 ,golden of ,maine7  
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 to require as a condition
 of satisfying the definition of an     
approved medical residency training     
program for purposes of payments under  
,medicare for costs related to graduate 
medical education for hospitals         
operating such a program to submit      
information to encourage more equitable 
treatment of osteopathic and allopathic 

candidates in the residency application 
and review process1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fair ,access ,in   
,residency ,act or the ,,fair ,act4  #b4
 ,encouraging more equitable treatment  
of osteopathic and allopathic candidates
 in residency application and review    
process  7a7 ,in general ,section       
#ahhf7;h77#e77;,a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acieww7h77#e77;,a77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3 ,such  
term shall not include a program        
operated by a hospital1 with respect to 
a year 7beginning with #bjbd71 unless   
such hospital submits to the ,secretary 
for such year-- 7i7 the number of       
applicants for residency in such program
 who are from osteopathic medical       
schools and the number who are from     
allopathic medical schools2  7ii7 the   
number of such applicants who were      
accepted into such program from each of 
such types of medical school2 and  7iii7

 an affirmation that-- 7,i7 the hospital
 accepts applicants for such program    
from both osteopathic and allopathic    
medical schools2 and  7,,ii7 if an      
examination score is required for       
acceptance in such program1 the         
,comprehensive ,osteopathic ,medical    
,licensing ,examination of the ,united  
,states 7,,comlex-,,usa7 and the ,united
 ,states ,medical ,licensing            
,examination 7,,usmle7 are equally      
accepted4  4  7b7 ,publication ,the     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall publish on a public     
website the information described in    
clauses 7i7 and 7ii7 of section         
#ahhf7;h77#e77;,a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act1 and the affirmation     
described in clause 7iii7 of such       
section1 submitted by each approved     
medical residency training program for  
each year 7beginning with #bjbd74