GME Data Transparency Act of 2024
Introduced by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) · Endorsed by the NMA and National Council for Residents
WHAT IT SAYS
Requires HHS to collect and publicly publish demographic data on resident attrition — probation, transfers, withdrawals, and dismissals — broken down by race, gender, and specialty, from every hospital receiving Medicare GME funding. Data collection would begin January 2027.
WHERE IT STANDS
Introduced December 2024 in the final days of the 118th Congress. Referred to the Senate Finance Committee and expired when the new Congress was seated. It has not been reintroduced in the 119th Congress — and its prospects are complicated by Rep. Steube’s 2026 bill using nearly identical naming.
WHAT WE LIKE
The closest federal analog to what GME accountability actually requires. Race-stratified attrition data, publicly published, tied directly to Medicare GME funding. If you take federal dollars, you report what happens to residents.
WHATS MISSING
Aggregated data only — program-level data stays hidden, which lets a hospital average away evidence of a discriminatory program. No enforcement mechanism: collect the data, publish it, and then what? The bill doesn’t answer that.
For this bill to drive actual change, a reintroduction would need to add program-level (not just hospital-level) data disaggregation and an enforcement mechanism tied to GME funding eligibility.
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