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119th Congress

H.R. 2314

FAIR Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Diana Harshbarger(R-TN)
Introduced
Mar 25, 2025
Policy area
Health
Committees
House Committee on Ways and Means
Official text
Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (21)

Original cosponsors (4)

Added later (17)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

Fair Access In Residency Act of 2025 or the FAIR Act of 2025 This bill requires hospitals that receive graduate medical education (GME) payments under Medicare to report certain information about the composition of their medical residency training programs. Specifically, hospitals must provide to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (1) the number of applicants for residencies who are from osteopathic medical schools and from allopathic medical schools, (2) the number of applicants who are accepted from each of these types of medical schools, and (3) an affirmation that the hospital considers applicants from each of these types of medical schools and accepts specified related examination results, as appropriate. Hospitals that do not provide this information are subject to a 2% reduction in their GME payments. The CMS must post the information it receives on a public website.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

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