109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 285

AN ACT

To reauthorize the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical

Education Program.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Children’s Hospitals

5 Educational Equity and Research Act’’ or the ‘‘CHEER

6 Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS

2 GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

3 (a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 340E(a) of

4 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(a)) is

5 amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’.

6 (b) DIRECT GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION.—Sec7 tion 340E(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

8 256e(c)) is amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘but with10 out giving effect to section 1886(h)(7) of such Act)’’

11 after ‘‘section 1886(h)(4) of the Social Security

12 Act’’; and

13 (2) in paragraph (2)(E)(ii), by striking ‘‘de14 scribed in subparagraph (C)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘ap15 plied under section 1886(d)(3)(E) of the Social Se16 curity Act for discharges occurring during the pre17 ceding fiscal year’’.

18 (c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Section 340E(e)(3) of

19 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(e)(3)) is

20 amended by striking ‘‘made to pay’’ and inserting ‘‘made

21 and pay’’.

22 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

23 340E(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

24 256e(f)) is amended—

25 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)—

26 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’;
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1 (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period

2 and inserting a semicolon; and

3 (C) by adding at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 2006,

5 $110,000,000; and

6 ‘‘(v) for each of fiscal years 2007

7 through 2010, such sums as may be nec8 essary.’’; and

9 (2) in paragraph (2)—

10 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph

11 (A)—

12 (i) by striking ‘‘There are hereby au13 thorized’’ and inserting ‘‘There are author14 ized’’; and

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)(A)’’ and in16 serting ‘‘(b)(1)(B)’’;

17 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking

18 ‘‘and’’;

19 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the

20 period and inserting a semicolon; and

21 (D) by adding at the end the following:

22 ‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2006, $220,000,000;

23 and

24 ‘‘(E) for each of fiscal years 2007 through

25 2010, such sums as may be necessary.’’.
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1 (e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 340E(e)(2)

2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(e)(2))

3 is amended by striking the first sentence.

4 SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

5 It is the sense of the Senate that perinatal hospitals

6 play an important role in providing quality care and ensur7 ing the best possible outcomes for thousands of seriously

8 ill newborns each year, and that medical training pro9 grams at perinatal hospitals give providers essential train10 ing in treating healthy mothers and babies as well as pa11 tients in neonatal intensive care units.

Passed the Senate July 26, 2005.

Attest:

Secretary.
109TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 285

AN ACT

To reauthorize the Children’s Hospitals Graduate

Medical Education Program.