# 114-hr-6039: Graduate Opportunities in Medical Education Distribution Act of 2016

114-hr-6039, Graduate Opportunities in Medical Education Distribution Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4] (R-NV); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-6039
- Congress: 114
- Title: Graduate Opportunities in Medical Education Distribution Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2016-09-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4] (R-NV)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Graduate Opportunities in Medical Education Distribution 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 and capacity considerations with respect to redistribution.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] (R-NV), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] (R-NV), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-4732: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2016

## Sources
- [114-hr-6039 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6039)

## Related
- [114-hr-6049: Protection from Insurance Exchange Monopolies Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6049)
- [114-hr-5752: Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5752)
- [114-hr-5621: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Dob…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5621)
- [114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4773)
- [114-hr-4739: Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4739)
- [114-hr-4732: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4732)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6039 (as of 2025-11-18).