Bill > S2715

This bill, known as the Fair Access In Residency Act of 2025 (FAIR Act), aims to promote more equitable treatment of osteopathic and allopathic medical school candidates in residency programs. The legislation requires hospitals with approved medical residency training programs to submit detailed information to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about their applicants and acceptance rates from both osteopathic (DO) and allopathic (MD) medical schools. Starting in fiscal year 2025, hospitals will face a 2% reduction in Medicare funding for each year they fail to provide this information. The bill mandates that hospitals report the number of applicants and accepted candidates from each type of medical school, and affirm that they consider applicants from both osteopathic and allopathic schools equally. Additionally, hospitals must accept licensing examination scores from either the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination or the United States Medical Licensing Examination. HHS will publicly publish this information annually. Importantly, the bill explicitly states that it does not federalize medical education or mandate specific acceptance rates for medical school candidates. The goal is to increase transparency and potentially reduce bias in medical residency program selections.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2715/all-info