118 STAT. 3972 PUBLIC LAW 108–490—DEC. 23, 2004 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H .R. 5204: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 150 (2004): Oct. 6, considered and passed House. Dec. 8, considered and passed Senate. Public Law 108–490 108th Congress An Act To amend section 340E of the Public Health Service Act (relating to children’s hospitals) to modify provisions regarding the determination of the amount of payments for indirect expenses associated with operating approved graduate med- ical residency training programs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. DISREGARD OF NEWBORN BASSINETS IN CALCULATING CASE MIX FOR RECEIPT BY CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS OF FUNDING FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PRO- GRAMS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 340E(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256e(d)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘related to’’ and inserting ‘‘associated with’’; and (2) in paragraph (2)(A)— (A) by inserting ‘‘ratio of the’’ after ‘‘hospitals and the’’; and (B) by inserting at the end before the semicolon ‘‘to beds (but excluding beds or bassinets assigned to healthy newborn infants)’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to payments for periods beginning with fiscal year 2005. Approved December 23, 2004. 42 USC 256e note. Dec. 23, 2004 [H.R. 5204] VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00506 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6580 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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