# 114-hr-6515: Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016

114-hr-6515, Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK); status Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-6515
- Congress: 114
- Title: Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced: 2016-12-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Fairness to Teaching Hospitals Act of 2016 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to specify that a certain Medicare rule for counting resident time in nonprovider settings shall not be applied in a manner that requires the reopening of any settled hospital cost reports except where there was a jurisdictionally proper appeal pending as of March 23, 2010. The bill applies retroactively.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1] (R-OK), 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6] (R-IN), 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3] (R-IN), 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-2726: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-699: Email Privacy Act
- 114-hr-5499: Agency Accountability Act of 2016
- 114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 114-hr-3880: Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015
- 114-hr-3516: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-6515 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6515)

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- [114-hr-699: Email Privacy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-699)
- [114-hr-5499: Agency Accountability Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5499)
- [114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3929)
- [114-hr-3880: Stopping EPA Overreach Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3880)
- [114-hr-3516: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3516)
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