STUDY ON FOREIGN GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS.

SEC. 1101. STUDY ON FOREIGN GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS.(a) In General.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—(1) complete a study that examines the performance of students from the United States receiving Federal student financial aid to attend graduate medical schools located outside of the United States;(2) provide data and make recommendations to the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation in a timely manner so as to assist the Secretary of Education in the Department of Education’s review required under section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002); and(3) submit to the authorizing committees a report setting forth the conclusions of the study.(b) Contents.—The study conducted under this section shall include the following:(1) The amount of Federal student financial aid dollars that are spent on graduate medical schools located outside of the United States every year, and the percentage of overall student aid such amount represents.(2) The percentage of students of such medical schools who pass the examination sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc., and the National Board of Medical Examiners the first time.(3) The percentage of students of such medical schools who pass the United States medical licensing examination after taking such examinations multiple times, disaggregated by the 122 STAT. 3491 number of times the students had to take the examinations to pass.(4) The percentage of recent graduates of such medical schools practicing medicine in the United States, and a description of where the students are practicing and what types of medicine the students are practicing.(5) The rate of graduates of such medical schools who lose malpractice lawsuits or have the graduates’ medical licenses revoked, as compared to graduates of graduate medical schools located in the United States.(6) Recommendations regarding the percentage passing rate of the United States medical licensing examination that the United States should require of graduate medical schools located outside of the United States for Federal student financial aid purposes.