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[H.R. 5204 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5204

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 An Act


 
  To amend section 340E of the Public Health Service Act (relating to 
 children's hospitals) to modify provisions regarding the determination 
    of the amount of payments for indirect expenses associated with 
    operating approved graduate medical residency training programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DISREGARD OF NEWBORN BASSINETS IN CALCULATING CASE MIX FOR 
              RECEIPT BY CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS OF FUNDING FOR GRADUATE 
              MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 340E(d) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 256e(d)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``related to'' and inserting 
    ``associated with''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2)(A)--
            (A) by inserting ``ratio of the'' after ``hospitals and 
        the''; and
            (B) by inserting at the end before the semicolon ``to beds 
        (but excluding beds or bassinets assigned to healthy newborn 
        infants)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to payments for periods beginning with fiscal year 2005.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.