,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #efab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #cj1
 #bjbf,mrs4 ,moody 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   
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     
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,,gme ,transparency 
,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,requiring hospitals
 receiving payment for direct graduate  
medical education costs under ,medicare 
to report on citizenship status of      
residents  7a7 ,in general ,section     
#ahhf7;h7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acieww7h77 is amended-- 
7#a7 in paragraph 7#e77;,a71 by adding  
at the end the following new sentence3  

,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    
7#aa77;,a7 in accordance with such      
paragraph42 and  7#b7 by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph3  7#aa7 
,requirement to submit certain          
citizenship information with respect to 
residents2 ,,cms report  7,a7 ,in       
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the end of each fiscal year 7beginning  
with the first fiscal year that begins  
after the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph71 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     

7,b74  7,b7 ,report to ,congress ,not   
later than #bgj days after the end of   
each fiscal year 7beginning with the    
first fiscal year that begins after the 
date of the enactment of this           
paragraph71 the ,secretary shall submit 
to ,congress a report that includes1    
with respect to all approved medical    
residency training programs for which   
information was received pursuant to    
subparagraph 7,a7 for such fiscal year1 
information regarding the number 7and   
percentage7 of residents enrolled in all
 such programs 7disaggregated by ,state7
 who are-- 7i7 citizens of the ,united  
,states2  7ii7 lawfully admitted for    
permanent residence in the ,united      
,states2  7iii7 aliens with status under
 section #aja7;a77#ae77;,j77i7 of the   
,immigration and ,nationality ,act2     
7iv7 aliens with nonimmigrant status    
under section #aja7;a77#ae77;,h77i77b7  
of the ,immigration and ,nationality    
,act2 or  7v7 otherwise lawfully present
 in the ,united ,states4  7,c7          

,standardized reporting form ,the       
,secretary shall make available to each 
subsection 7d7 hospital with a residency
 or other postgraduate medical training 
program described in the first sentence 
of paragraph 7#e77;,a7 a standardized   
form for purposes of reporting the      
information required under subparagraph 
7,a74  4