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HR 2558 112th Congress House

Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act

Official title: To modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.

Introduced: July 15, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Child healthHealth facilities and institutionsHospital careMedical educationMedicare
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Jul 15, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 15, 2011
Introduced in House
Jul 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 Latest action July 15, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 psychiatric hospital that has, continuously since enactment of this Act, met the following criteria: (1) the hospital is excluded from the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system, (2) the hospital has 90% or more inpatients under the age of 18, (3) the hospital has a Medicare payment agreement, and (4) the hospital has an accredited residency program.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2558: Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2558/
MLA
"H.R. 2558: Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2558/.
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H.R. 2558, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2558/.
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