S. 1302 · 118th Congress

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023

Introduced on Apr 26, 2023 by Robert Menendez (D-NJ). 9 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 26, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 26, 2023
Cosponsors
9
2 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Apr 26, 2023). Public domain.

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023

This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, including hospitals in rural areas and health professional shortage areas.

Current law provides for an increase of up to 200 positions per fiscal year beginning in FY2023, with a total increase of 1,000 positions; each hospital may receive up to 25 additional positions. Current law also provides for an additional increase of up to 200 positions for FY2026, with at least 100 of these positions for psychiatry or related specialties; each hospital may receive up to 10 additional positions.

The bill provides for an additional increase of 2,000 positions per fiscal year from FY2025-FY2031; during this period, each hospital may receive up to 75 additional positions in total under the bill and current law.

The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on strategies to increase the diversity of the health professional workforce, including with respect to representation from rural, low-income, and minority communities.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Robert MenendezD-NJSponsor

Democrats · 7

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Apr 26, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Apr 26, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION10 reports
    $32.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. Association of American Medical Colleges10 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGESAI match · 100%
  3. Greater New York Hospital Association10 reports
  4. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS6 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  5. MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY6 reports
    $290K reported (all issues)
  6. THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS6 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  7. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER6 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $3.3M reported (all issues)
  9. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE5 reports
    $560K reported (all issues)
  10. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY5 reports
    $460K reported (all issues)
  11. ASCENSION HEALTH ALLIANCE D/B/A ASCENSION5 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  12. American Medical Association5 reports
    $30.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  13. American Society of Hematology5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  14. California Hospital Association5 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  15. California Medical Association Inc.5 reports
    $317K reported (all issues)
  16. Cleveland Clinic Foundation5 reports
    Federal contractor: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$1.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. Florida Hospital Association5 reports
  18. HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH5 reports
  19. HARVARD UNIVERSITY5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  20. Intealth5 reports
    $500K reported (all issues)
  21. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH5 reports
    $665.6K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$4.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  22. PREMIER INC.5 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  23. THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA5 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIAAI match · 100%
  24. The New York and Presbyterian Hospital5 reports
    $780K reported (all issues)
  25. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER5 reports
    $430K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  26. Vanderbilt University Medical Center5 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$36M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  27. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists4 reports
    $815K reported (all issues)
  28. American Society of Nephrology4 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY INCAI match · 100%
  29. CHRISTIANACARE4 reports
    $5,807 reported (all issues)
  30. MICHIGAN STATE UNIV4 reports
    $340K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$2.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  31. VIZIENT, INC.4 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VIZIENT INC$18.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  32. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY3 reports
    $320.4K reported (all issues)
  33. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center3 reports
    $420K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  34. SUN LIFE FINANCIAL (U.S.) SERVICES COMPANY INC.3 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  35. St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  36. Valley Health System3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  37. Virtua3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VIRTUA-WEST JERSEY HEALTH SYSTEM INC$45K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 97%
  38. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY2 reports
    $900K reported (all issues)
  39. SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY2 reports
  40. The University of Alabama System2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.