Sec. 103. Pilot program on graduate medical education residency programs in behavioral medicine in underserved areas
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Commencing not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall jointly conduct a six-year pilot program to establish not less than three graduate medical education residency programs in behavioral medicine in underserved areas in the United States. Each graduate medical education residency program established under the pilot program shall— provide residents participating in the graduate medical education residency program with an opportunity to work with a diverse patient population through a rotation between medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, facilities of the Indian Health Service, and facilities participating under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ); include graduate medical education in the field of behavioral medicine; be carried out in a manner consistent with graduate medical education residency programs supported and funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Health and Human Services; be located in a community that— is designated as a medically underserved area under section 330(b)(3)(A) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)(A) ); is in a State with a per capita population of veterans of more than 9 percent according to the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics and the United States Census Bureau; and is within 100 miles of a Reservation (as defined in Section 3(d) of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 ( 25 U.S.C. 1452 )).
Not later than 180 days after the date of the commencement of the pilot program and not less frequently than once each year thereafter while the pilot program is being carried out, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, in consultation with representatives from facilities participating under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ) that are participating in the pilot program, jointly submit to Congress a report on the implementation of the pilot program.
Each report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A description of the patient population served by the residents participating in a graduate medical education residency program under the pilot program. A description of the behavioral medicine services provided under the pilot program, including the extent to which those services were provided using telemedicine services. The academic affiliation of each resident participating in a graduate medical education residency program under the pilot program. A description of any impediments faced in carrying out the pilot program and actions taken by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to address those impediments.
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Sec. 103
Pilot program on graduate medical education residency programs in behavioral medicine in underserved areas
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