Senator introduces legislation to expand national mental health workforce

Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has introduced the Training Psychiatrists for the Future Act, which would add 400 new residency positions in psychiatry and psychiatry subspecialties.

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Mr. Menendez is a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and has been a longtime supporter of expanding graduate medical education. He is also the Senate lead of the Physician Shortage Reduction Act, which, if passed, would lift the cap on graduate medical education positions to create an additional 14,000 residents over seven years. 

The added residency positions would be funded by Medicare, according to Mr. Menendez’s website.

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