,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #edfd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aj1 
#bjbd,mr4 ,booker introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to require   
the collection of data regarding        
graduate medical education4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,gme ,data ,transparency ,act of #bjbd4
  #b4 ,collection of data regarding     
graduate medical education ,section     
#ahhf7;h7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acieww7h77 is amended1  
by adding at the end the following new  
paragraph3  7#aa7 ,collection of data   
regarding graduate medical education    
7,a7 ,in general ,for cost reporting    
periods beginning on or after ,january  
#a1 #bjbg1 the ,secretary shall collect 
the following data from each hospital   
with an approved medical residency      
training program3 7i7 ,attrition data in

 an aggregated format on the probation1 
transfers1 withdrawals1 and dismissals  
in the approved medical residency       
training program1 and the number of     
residents who completed such program    
delineated by demographic categories    
such as age1 gender1 race and ethnicity4
  7ii7 ,the types of residency          
specialties funded by the approved      
medical residency training program and  
the number of residents being trained in
 each specialty delineated by           
demographic categories such as age1     
gender1 race and ethnicity4  7,b7       
,attrition data defined ,the term       
attrition data means data regarding the 
disenrollment of a resident from an     
approved medical residency training     
program before such resident completes  
such program4  7,c7 ,publishing of data 
,not later than#a year after the date of
 enactment of this paragraph and on a   
periodic basis determined by the        
,secretary thereafter1 the ,secretary   
shall make available on the internet    

website of the ,centers for ,medicare   
,medicaid ,services a public use file of
 the data collected under subparagraph  
7,a74  7,d7 ,regulations and deference  
,the ,secretary shall promulgate such   
regulations as necessary to carry out   
this paragraph4 ,in issuing such        
regulations1 ,congress delegates to the 
,secretary the authority to interpret   
the provisions of this paragraph4  4