1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act . 2. Modifying the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions under the Medicare program Section 1886(h) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (9)— (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), by amending such subclause to read as follows: (I) Hospitals that— (aa) are located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or (bb) are treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E), but only if such hospital so treated meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section. ; and (B) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by inserting and includes, with respect to the distribution of full-time equivalent residency positions for fiscal year 2023 or 2024, a hospital that is treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E) regardless of whether such hospital meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section before the period; and (2) in paragraph (10)(B)(ii)(I), by amending such subclause to read as follows: (I) Hospitals that— (aa) are located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D)); or (bb) are treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E), but only if such hospital so treated meets a criterion specified in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (ii) of such section. .