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HR 3855 105th Congress House

Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act of 1998

Official title: To provide for payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.

Introduced: July 14, 1998 See on congress.gov
Health AppropriationsChild healthEconomics and Public FinanceEducation
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FamiliesFederal aid to child health servicesFederal aid to hospitalsFederal aid to medical educationHigher educationMedicareSocial WelfareTeaching hospitals
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
May 20, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 13, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 13, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 13, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
May 13, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 26, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payment as specified to each children's hospital for each hospital cost reporting period beginning during FY 1999 or 2000 for the direct and indirect expenses associated with operating approved medical residency training programs. States that such payments are in lieu of certain Medicare payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services, but shall not affect the amounts otherwise payable to such hospitals under a State Medicaid plan. Makes appropriations for such payments for such fiscal years.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 9 Republican 1
R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Oct 7, 1998
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Oct 1, 1998
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 23, 1998
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 14, 1998
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Sep 14, 1998
COLLINS, MAC
· Aug 6, 1998
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 31, 1998
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 27, 1998
QUINN, JACK
· Jul 27, 1998
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 17, 1998
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Jul 17, 1998
DUNN, JENNIFER
· Jul 14, 1998
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Jul 14, 1998
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 14, 1998
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 3, 1998
FROST, MARTIN
· Jun 3, 1998
DOOLEY, CAL
· May 21, 1998
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 21, 1998
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· May 13, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3855: Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3855/
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"H.R. 3855: Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3855/.
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H.R. 3855, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3855/.
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