A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is called the GME Transparency Act of 2026. It requires hospitals that get Medicare payments for direct graduate medical education costs to report citizenship information about their medical residents. Hospitals must submit this deidentified information to the Secretary not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year. If a hospital fails to submit this required information, its training programs will no longer qualify for these payments. The Secretary must then submit a report to Congress detailing the number and percentage of residents in these programs by their citizenship or legal status.
Yes
- Scored +3
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill enhances transparency by mandating regular reports to Congress on the citizenship and legal status of medical residents.
- Scored +2
Does this give the federal government more power?
The legislation increases federal oversight by requiring hospitals to report citizenship data for medical residents to the Secretary.
The opposite
- Scored -2
Would students be better off under this?
Potential loss of training program funds for non-compliant hospitals could disrupt medical residency programs and affect trainee physicians.
- Scored -2
Does this put more money into Medicare, the health coverage for people over 65?
The bill introduces reporting requirements that could result in the loss of graduate medical education payments for non-compliant hospitals.
- Scored -1
Would immigrants be better off under this?
The bill mandates tracking and reporting on the specific citizenship and legal status of medical residents, which may create heightened scrutiny for non-citizen healthcare professionals.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Greater Government Accountability: Under Section 2, the bill requires hospitals to report citizenship details of medical residents so the Secretary can provide a clear report to Congress. This lets us keep our elected officials and public programs accountable for how taxpayer money supports medical training and who is filling those positions.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Loss of Training Program Funds: Under Section 2, if a hospital fails to submit the required citizenship information, its residency or postgraduate medical training program will no longer be considered an approved program for receiving direct graduate medical education payments. This could create administrative burdens for hospitals and potentially disrupt medical training programs if they struggle with the new reporting rules.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill enhances transparency by mandating regular reports to Congress on the citizenship and legal status of medical residents. Does this give the federal government more power? — The legislation increases federal oversight by requiring hospitals to report citizenship data for medical residents to the Secretary.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would students be better off under this? — Potential loss of training program funds for non-compliant hospitals could disrupt medical residency programs and affect trainee physicians. Would immigrants be better off under this? — The bill mandates tracking and reporting on the specific citizenship and legal status of medical residents, which may create heightened scrutiny for non-citizen healthcare professionals.
- Healthcare
- Does this put more money into Medicare, the health coverage for people over 65? — The bill introduces reporting requirements that could result in the loss of graduate medical education payments for non-compliant hospitals.
- 9/30/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.