United States. Congress

“ In determining the hospital’s number of full-time equivalent residents for purposes of this subparagraph, all the time spent by an intern or resident in an approved medical residency training program in research activities that are not associated with the treatment or diagnosis of a particular patient, as such time and activities are defined by the Secretary, shall not be counted toward the determination of full-time equivalency. ”

“ Approved Teaching Health Center Defined.— In this subsection, the term ``approved teaching health center ́ ́ means a nonprovider setting, such as a Federally qualified health center or rural health clinic (as defined in section 1861 (aa) of the Social Security Act) , that develops and operates an accredited primary care residency program for which funding would be available if it were operated by a hospital. ”

“ Conforming Amendments.— (1) Section 422 (b) (2) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173) , as amended by section 1501 (c) , is amended by striking `` (7) and ́ ́ and inserting `` (4) (H) (vi) , (7) , and ́ ́. ”