Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act

Summary

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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Timeline

1. 15 July 2011

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

2. 15 July 2011

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 15 July 2011

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 15 July 2011

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 15 July 2011 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 15 July 2011

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 15 July 2011

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 July 2011

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Sponsors

• David Cicilline · D · Sponsor
• JAMES LANGEVIN · D · Sponsor
• ELIOT ENGEL · D · Sponsor
• Sheila Jackson Lee · D · Cosponsor
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