# 114-hr-5188: Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2016

114-hr-5188, Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4] (R-UT); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5188
- Congress: 114
- Title: Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2016-05-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions for which graduate medical education costs are paid under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must: (1) reduce a hospital's resident limit by a specified amount if the hospital has unused residency positions and is not a rural hospital with fewer than 250 acute care inpatient beds, and (2) increase the resident limit for each qualifying hospital that applies for an increase. In aggregate, the number of increased positions shall equal the number of reduced positions. The bill establishes specified priorities, limitations, and capacity considerations with respect to redistribution.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2016-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-4938: Free File Act of 2016
- 114-hr-3706: Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015
- 114-hr-699: Email Privacy Act
- 114-hr-5732: Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5166: WINGMAN Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-5188 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5188)

## Related
- [114-hr-4938: Free File Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4938)
- [114-hr-3706: Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3706)
- [114-hr-699: Email Privacy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-699)
- [114-hr-5732: Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5732)
- [114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5292)
- [114-hr-5166: WINGMAN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5166)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5188 (as of 2025-11-18).