S.830: Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 111th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about health
  • Introduced April 20, 2009
  • Latest Major Action April 20, 2009

Bill 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...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
April 20, 2009

Introduced in the Senate by Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

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