[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 26, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S9056]
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        CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND RESEARCH ACT

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 98, S. 285.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 285) to reauthorize the Children's Hospitals 
     Graduate Medical Education Program.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill 
which had been reported from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions, with an amendment.
  (Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the part shown in 
italic.)

                                 S. 285

       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 
     Educational Equity and Research Act'' or the ``CHEER Act''.

     [SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS GRADUATE 
                   MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

       [(a) Extension of Program.--Section 340E(a) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(a)) is amended by striking 
     ``2005'' and inserting ``2010''.
       [(b) Direct Graduate Medical Education.--Section 340E(c) of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(c)) is 
     amended--
       [(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``but without giving 
     effect to section 1886(h)(7) of such Act)'' after ``section 
     1886(h)(4) of the Social Security Act''; and
       [(2) in paragraph (2)(E)(ii), by striking ``described in 
     subparagraph (C)(ii)'' and inserting ``applied under section 
     1886(d)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act for discharges 
     occurring during the preceding fiscal year''.
       [(c) Nature of Payments.--Section 340E(e)(3) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(e)(3)) is amended by 
     striking ``made to pay'' and inserting ``made and pay''.
       [(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 340E(f) of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(f)) is 
     amended--
       [(1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
       [(A) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'';
       [(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting 
     a semicolon; and
       [(C) by adding at the end the following:
       [``(iv) for fiscal year 2006, $110,000,000; and
       [``(v) for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010, such 
     sums as may be necessary.''; and
       [(2) in paragraph (2)--
       [(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
       [(i) by striking ``There are hereby authorized'' and 
     inserting ``There are authorized''; and
       [(ii) by striking ``(b)(1)(A)'' and inserting 
     ``(b)(1)(B)'';
       [(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'';
       [(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       [(D) by adding at the end the following:
       [``(D) for fiscal year 2006, $220,000,000; and
       [``(E) for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010, such 
     sums as may be necessary.''.
       [(e) Technical Amendment.--Section 340E(e)(2) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(e)(2)) is amended by 
     striking the first sentence.

     [SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       [It is the sense of the Senate that perinatal hospitals 
     play an important role in providing quality care and ensuring 
     the best possible outcomes for thousands of seriously ill 
     newborns each year, and that medical training programs at 
     perinatal hospitals give providers essential training in 
     treating healthy mothers and babies as well as patients in 
     neonatal intensive care units.]

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Hospitals 
     Educational Equity and Research Act'' or the ``CHEER Act''.

     SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS GRADUATE 
                   MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Extension of Program.--Section 340E(a) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(a)) is amended by striking 
     ``2005'' and inserting ``2010''.
       (b) Direct Graduate Medical Education.--Section 340E(c) of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(c)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``but without giving 
     effect to section 1886(h)(7) of such Act)'' after ``section 
     1886(h)(4) of the Social Security Act''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)(E)(ii), by striking ``described in 
     subparagraph (C)(ii)'' and inserting ``applied under section 
     1886(d)(3)(E) of the Social Security Act for discharges 
     occurring during the preceding fiscal year''.
       (c) Nature of Payments.--Section 340E(e)(3) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(e)(3)) is amended by 
     striking ``made to pay'' and inserting ``made and pay''.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 340E(f) of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(f)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
       (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'';
       (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting a 
     semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iv) for fiscal year 2006, $110,000,000; and
       ``(v) for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010, such sums 
     as may be necessary.''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by striking ``There are hereby authorized'' and 
     inserting ``There are authorized''; and
       (ii) by striking ``(b)(1)(A)'' and inserting ``(b)(1)(B)'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'';
       (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) for fiscal year 2006, $220,000,000; and
       ``(E) for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010, such sums 
     as may be necessary.''.
       (e) Technical Amendment.--Section 340E(e)(2) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(e)(2)) is amended by 
     striking the first sentence.

     SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       It is the sense of the Senate that perinatal hospitals play 
     an important role in providing quality care and ensuring the 
     best possible outcomes for thousands of seriously ill 
     newborns each year, and that medical training programs at 
     perinatal hospitals give providers essential training in 
     treating healthy mothers and babies as well as patients in 
     neonatal intensive care units.

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee-reported amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be 
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 285), as amended, was read the third time and passed.




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