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On the recordJune 22, 2018
I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Tonko moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Page 84, after line 14, insert the following: SEC. 208. DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL RESIDENCY POSITIONS TO HELP COMBAT OPIOID CRISIS. (a) In General.--Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (4)(F)(i), by striking ``paragraphs (7) and (8)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (7), (8), and (9)''; (2) in paragraph (4)(H)(i), by striking ``paragraphs (7) and (8)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (7), (8), and (9)''; (3) in paragraph (7)(E), by inserting ``paragraph (9),'' after ``paragraph (8),''; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(9) Distribution of additional residency positions to help combat opioid crisis.-- ``(A) Additional residency positions.--For each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 (and succeeding fiscal years if the Secretary determines that there are additional residency positions available to distribute under subparagraph (D)), the Secretary shall increase the otherwise applicable resident limit for each qualifying hospital that submits a timely application under this subparagraph by such number as the Secretary may approve for portions of cost reporting peri…
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