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H.R. 1246 · 109th Congress

Children's Hospitals Education Equity and Research (CHEER) Act of 2005

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15 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Children's Hospitals Education Equity and Research (CHEER) Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments through FY 2010 (currently, through FY 2005) to children's hospitals for expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 10, 2005

Children's Hospitals Education Equity and Research (CHEER) Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments through FY 2010 (currently, through FY 2005) to children's hospitals for expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs.

Excludes reductions for unused resident positions when calculating the number of full-time residents in a children's hospital's approved training program for purposes of reimbursing direct expenses.

Requires the Secretary to adjust the proportion of such a hospital's costs attributable to wages for differences in hospital wage levels by geographic area.

Authorizes appropriations through FY 2010 for direct and indirect expenses associated with operating such programs.

Requires that funds appropriated for such programs for a fiscal year remain available for obligation through the end of the succeeding fiscal year.

Limits the ability to recoup funds unless a demand for recoupment is made by the end of the fiscal year.

Sets forth an appeals procedure and limitations on retroactivity for decisions affecting the amount of payments to a hospital for such programs.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Children's Hospitals Education Equity and Research (CHEER) Act of 2005

Latest action (Mar 22, 2005): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 10, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.