S. 1557: Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
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S. 1557: Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-09-27 · Health · Latest: Became Public Law No: 113-98.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-09-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 113-98. (final step reached)
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize appropriations through FY2018 for payments to children's hospitals associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) make available up to 25 percent of the total amounts in excess of specified appropriations for payments to certain hospitals with a Medicare payment agreement that are excluded from the Medicare inpatient hospital prospective payment system and whose inpatients are predominantly under 18 years of age; and (2) establish a quality bonus system for distribution of excess payments to such hospitals, which may include a focus on quality measurement and improvement, interpersonal and communications skills, delivering patient-centered care, and practicing in integrated health systems.
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Official text
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · 23 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
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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.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1557.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>
Record fed-us-cong113-s1557 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113