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 freestanding psychiatric hospital: (1) with 90% or more inpatients under the age of 18; (2) that has its own Medicare provider number as of December 6, 1999; and (3) that has an accredited residency program.

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Timeline

1. 20 April 2009

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 20 April 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 20 April 2009 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 April 2009

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 April 2009

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 20 April 2009

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Sponsors

• Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
• Bernie Sanders · I · Cosponsor
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