H.R. 5385: Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-03-22 · Health · Latest: Became Public Law No: 115-241.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-03-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 115-241. (final step reached)
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Official title

Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018

Plain summary

Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2023 the program that provides payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.

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Official text

Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] · 75 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5385, Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 (2018-07-27)

Cosponsors on this site

Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jason Smith (R-MO), Jim Costa (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) and 15 more.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5385.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5385 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115