S 1557 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013

Latest action · Apr 7, 2014 Became Public Law No: 113-98.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 27, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNov 12, 2013
  3. Passed HouseApr 1, 2014
  4. To the PresidentApr 2, 2014
  5. Became lawApr 7, 2014Public Law 113-98

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.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 27, 2013 to Nov 12, 2013; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-RIJack ReedOriginalSep 27, 2013
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalSep 27, 2013
R-TNLamar AlexanderOriginalSep 27, 2013
R-ILMark KirkOriginalSep 27, 2013
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalSep 27, 2013
R-MORoy BluntOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-IATom HarkinOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-MNAl FrankenOct 1, 2013
R-KSJerry MoranOct 8, 2013
D-MIDebbie StabenowOct 11, 2013

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Sep 27, 2013Markup Oct 30, 2013Reported Oct 30, 2013
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Nov 13, 2013
Communications and Technology Subcommittee
Referred Nov 15, 2013

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 7, 2014Signed by President.
  2. Apr 7, 2014Became Public Law No: 113-98.
  3. Apr 2, 2014Presented to President.
  4. Apr 1, 2014Mr. Pitts moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  5. Apr 1, 2014Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2782-2784)

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E495Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJApr 2, 2014
House · SenateDebate and remarks H2782–H2784, S1914Text printed H2782Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, Gene Green D-TX, Henry A. Waxman D-CA, Joseph R. Pitts R-PA, Phil Gingrey R-GA, Sheldon Whitehouse D-RIApr 1, 2014
SenateDebate and remarks S7963Text printed S7963Elizabeth Warren D-MANov 12, 2013

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Nov 8, 2013S. 1557, Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on October 30, 2013

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R45067Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME)ReportJun 13, 2023
R43147Department of Homeland Security: FY2014 Appropriations ArchivedReportApr 18, 2014

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.
Short Titles as Introduced
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
Short Titles as Reported to Senate
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
Short Titles as Passed Senate
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
Short Titles as Enacted
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Nov 13, 2013Referred in House
  3. Nov 12, 2013Engrossed in Senate
  4. Oct 30, 2013Reported to Senate
  5. Sep 27, 2013Introduced in Senate

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