[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2558 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2558

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2011

Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Mr. Langevin, and Mr. Engel) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


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

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Hospitals Education 
Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM OF PAYMENTS TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS THAT OPERATE 
              GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    Section 340E(g)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
256e(g)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``means a'' and inserting ``means--
                    ``(A) a'';
            (2) by striking the period and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) a psychiatric hospital, as defined in section 
                1861(f) of the Social Security Act, that has 
                continuously since the date of enactment of this 
                subparagraph met all of the following criteria:
                            ``(i) The hospital is excluded from the 
                        Medicare inpatient hospital prospective payment 
                        system pursuant to section 1886(d)(1)(B)(i) of 
                        such Act (and regulations promulgated under 
                        such section).
                            ``(ii) The hospital has 90 percent or more 
                        inpatients under the age of 18.
                            ``(iii) The hospital has a Medicare payment 
                        agreement.
                            ``(iv) The hospital has an approved medical 
                        residency training program as defined in 
                        section 1886(h)(5)(A) of such Act.''.
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