S. 2526: CHEER Act
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S. 2526: CHEER Act
108th Congress · introduced 2004-06-16 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-06-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
CHEER Act
Plain summary
Children's Hospitals Educational Equity and Research Act or the CHEER Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments through FY 2010 (currently, through FY 2005) to children's hospitals for expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs. Excludes reductions for unused resident positions when calculating the number of full-time residents in a children's hospital's approved training program for purposes of reimbursing direct expenses. Requires the Secretary to: (1) adjust the proportion of such a hospital's costs attributable to wages for differences in hospital wage levels by geographic area; and (2) consider the ratio of residents in such a hospital's approved training program to beds (but excluding beds or bassinets assigned to healthy new born infants) when determining the amount of payments to such a hospital for indirect expenses associated with the treatment of more severely ill patients and for the additional costs associated with teaching residents in such programs. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2010 for direct and indirect expenses associated with operating such programs. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) 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 (2) 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.
Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] · 24 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2526, Children's Hospital Education Equity and Research Act (2004-10-07); CBO cost estimate: S. 2526, Children's Hospital Education Equity and Research Act (2004-10-07)
Cosponsors on this site
Patty Murray (D-WA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
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- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Fiscal year
- The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s2526.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>
Record fed-us-cong108-s2526 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108