S 830
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Child health
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Mental health
Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act
Introduced: April 20, 2009
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 20, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 20, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of "children's hospital" for purposes of payments associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs to include a freestanding psychiatric hospital: (1) with 90% or more inpatients under the age of 18; (2) that has its own Medicare provider number as of December 6, 1999; and (3) that has an accredited residency program.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1