A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for grants for graduate medical education and other clinical training activities, and to replace the current medicare reimbursement for the direct costs of such activities.
Medicare Clinical Training Amendments of 1984 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting hospitals in carrying out approved graduate medical education and other clinical training activities. Sets forth: (1) the method for determining the size of a State's grant; and (2) the requirements a State must meet in order to receive a grant. Requires the grants to be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. Limits the annual aggregate amount of such grants to a specified amount. Requires each State receiving a grant to establish an advisory board to develop recommendations for State policy in supporting graduate medical education and other clinical training activities, and to advise the State with respect to grant allocation requirements.
Excludes from reasonable cost the direct costs of graduate medical education and other clinical training activities.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.
checking server…
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line