Hospitals must report doctor trainees' visa status to Congress.
S. 5612 — GME Transparency Act of 2026 · Filed by Ashley Moody (R-FL) · Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires hospitals that get Medicare money to report on doctor trainees. They must tell the federal government about each trainee's visa status. The Secretary of Health and Human Services collects this data. The Secretary sends a report to Congress every year. The report shows numbers by state and visa type.
Who it affects
Hospitals that train doctors and get Medicare money are affected. Doctor trainees are affected. Congress gets the data to review.
One thing to notice
The bill creates a federal record of doctor trainees' visa status by state and type. Hospitals that do not report lose all Medicare training money.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 30, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Medicare — A federal health insurance program for older people and some others.
- visa — Official permission from the government to enter and stay in a country.
- Secretary of Health and Human Services — The federal official who runs the department that handles health programs.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,475 characters) on Oct 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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