119th Congress
H.R. 2314
FAIR Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- 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)
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Donald G. Davis (D-NC)
- Sam Graves (R-MO)
Added later (17)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA) · May 20, 2025
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA) · Jun 2, 2025
- Mike Rogers (R-AL) · Jun 9, 2025
- Steve Cohen (D-TN) · Jun 10, 2025
- Don Bacon (R-NE) · Jun 17, 2025
- Tim Burchett (R-TN) · Aug 22, 2025
- Ben Cline (R-VA) · Sep 3, 2025
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) · Sep 8, 2025
- John J. McGuire III (R-VA) · Sep 15, 2025
- Burgess Owens (R-UT) · Nov 18, 2025
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR) · Jan 12, 2026
- Craig A. Goldman (R-TX) · Apr 16, 2026
- Aaron Bean (R-FL) · May 13, 2026
- Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA) · Jun 8, 2026
- Gabe Evans (R-CO) · Aug 6, 2026
- Ralph Norman (R-SC) · Sep 28, 2026
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI) · Oct 5, 2026
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.
Actions
- Mar 25, 2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. - Mar 25, 2025
Introduced in House