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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Oct 5, 2000
Physician Recruitment and Retention Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project for the purpose of improving: (1) access to health care for beneficiaries under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; and (2) the ability of States to recruit and to retain physicians.Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on such demonstration project to determine whether the access of Medicare beneficiaries to health care and the ability of States to recruit and to retain physicians is adversely impacted by certain factors (over 20 percent uninsured population, an unemployment rate over 4.8 percent, among others) and improved by increased payments to physicians. Makes necessary appropriations.
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Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] · R–NM
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9949)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/6/2000 S9949)
Introduced in Senate
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