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S.391
Sponsor: Sen Kerrey, J. Robert (introduced 2/8/1999)
Latest Major Action: 2/8/1999 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to provide for payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.
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2/8/1999:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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COSPONSORS(41), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Abraham, Spencer - 8/4/1999 Sen Ashcroft, John - 9/16/1999
Sen Bennett, Robert F. - 5/3/1999 Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. - 6/28/1999
Sen Bond, Christopher S. - 2/8/1999 Sen Boxer, Barbara - 3/3/1999
Sen Breaux, John B. - 6/28/1999 Sen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse - 9/8/1999
Sen Cleland, Max - 3/17/1999 Sen Daschle, Thomas A. - 10/27/1999
Sen DeWine, Michael - 2/8/1999 Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 3/10/1999
Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 2/8/1999 Sen Enzi, Michael B. - 9/9/1999
Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 3/3/1999 Sen Fitzgerald, Peter G. - 8/5/1999
Sen Gorton, Slade - 2/8/1999 Sen Graham, Bob - 2/8/1999
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. - 7/28/1999 Sen Hutchinson, Y. Tim - 8/4/1999
Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey - 9/8/1999 Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 2/8/1999
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 2/8/1999 Sen Kerry, John F. - 5/3/1999
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. - 9/8/1999 Sen Levin, Carl - 5/3/1999
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 5/3/1999 Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 6/28/1999
Sen Mack, Connie - 2/8/1999 Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 10/5/1999
Sen Moynihan, Daniel Patrick - 2/8/1999 Sen Murkowski, Frank H. - 9/13/1999
Sen Murray, Patty - 2/8/1999 Sen Robb, Charles S. - 9/8/1999
Sen Roberts, Pat - 5/3/1999 Sen Santorum, Rick - 6/22/1999
Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. - 10/28/1999 Sen Sessions, Jeff - 3/3/1999
Sen Specter, Arlen - 6/22/1999 Sen Warner, John W. - 9/22/1999
Sen Wellstone, Paul D. - 3/10/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/8/1999--Introduced.

Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payment as specified to each children's hospital for each hospital cost reporting period under Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) from FY 2000 through FY 2003 for the direct and indirect expenses associated with operating approved medical residency training programs.

Provides that such payments are in lieu of certain Medicare payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services, but shall not affect the amounts otherwise payable to such hospitals under a State Medicaid (SSA title XIX) plan.

Makes appropriations.