H.R. 5204: 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.
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H.R. 5204: 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.
108th Congress · introduced 2004-10-04 · Health · Latest: Became Public Law No: 108-490.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-10-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
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.
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider the ratio of residents in children's hospitals' approved graduate medical residency training programs to beds (but excluding beds or bassinets assigned to healthy new born infants) when determining the amount of payments to such hospitals for indirect expenses associated with the treatment of more severely ill patients and the additional costs associated with teaching residents in such programs.
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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.
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Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr5204.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr5204 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108