[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5204 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 5204


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 7, 2004

                                Received

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 6, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.