Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act of 1987
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 9, 1987)
Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act of 1987 - Prohibits discrimination against any person who graduated from a medical school outside the United States and who is a licensed physician in the United States: (1) in equal access to practice medicine within any U.S. jurisdiction; (2) by law, regulation, policy, or requirements; and (3) by conditions or requirements which differ from the conditions or requirements as applied to graduates of U.S. medical schools. Applies the prohibition to any medical specialty as well as to the general practice of medicine.
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from making a grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy to, or for the benefit of, any school of medicine, unless the application contains assurances that the school will not discriminate against a graduate of a non-U.S. medical school.
Requires any State, in order to be eligible to receive payments under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to adopt medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards which provide equal opportunity to any graduate of a non-U.S. medical school, as compared to any graduate of a U.S. medical school, provided the non-U.S. medical school graduate has completed the U.S. postgraduate training and obtained a license to practice medicine in any U.S. State.
What just happenedMar 14, 1988
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Who’s behind it
- Mar 14, 1988CommitteeH21000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 11, 1988CommitteeH21000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Sep 21, 1987CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Sep 9, 1987IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Sep 9, 1987IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 9, 1987IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House