{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/us-senate-passes-childrens-hospital-graduate-medical-education-bill", "U.S. Senate Passes Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Bill", "2013-11-14", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Sheldon Whitehouse", "W000802", "www.whitehouse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.14.13\n\t\t\t U.S. Senate Passes Children\u2019s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Bill \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Bill includes Whitehouse fix to include RI children\u2019s psychiatric hospital\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Washington, DC \u2013 This week, the United States Senate unanimously approved the Children\u2019s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013.\u00a0 The legislation, which authorizes federal support for graduate medical education (GME) in freestanding children\u2019s hospitals, includes a provision authored by U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) that extends the program to children\u2019s psychiatric hospitals like Bradley Hospital in Rhode Island. If this bill is signed into law, children\u2019s psychiatric hospitals will be eligible for the same CHGME funding that general hospitals have benefitted from for years. \u00a0  \u00a0  Senators Whitehouse and Jack Reed (D-RI), original cosponsors of the legislation, have long advocated for the inclusion of Bradley and other children\u2019s psychiatric hospitals in the Children\u2019s Hospitals GME payment program.\u00a0 This would help address the shortfall in mental health professionals that specialize in treating children and adolescents. Senator Whitehouse's provision accomplishes this.  \u00a0  \u201cWe must support medical training programs that teach new health professionals how to treat children's mental and behavioral health conditions, not just physical ones,\" said Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. \u201cMy provision will include children\u2019s psychiatric hospitals in the CHGME program, so these hospitals can build and sustain their residency programs.\u00a0 I was pleased the Senate acted in a bipartisan manner to pass the CHGME bill with this provision included, and I urge the House to act quickly to do the same.\u201d  \u00a0  \u201cI have fought to address the omission of children's psychiatric teaching hospitals for years because I believe it is essential to end discriminatory funding policies against children with mental health issues.\u00a0 I commend Senators Casey, Isakson, Whitehouse, and others who helped broker this bipartisan agreement to include children\u2019s psychiatric teaching hospitals in the definition of a \u2018children\u2019s hospital.\u2019\u00a0 I remain committed to boosting mental health parity and ensuring that Bradley Hospital and other children\u2019s psychiatric teaching hospitals have the resources and federal support they need to train doctors equipped to treat mental illness,\u201d said Reed, a former member of the HELP Committee who has worked on this issue for over a decade.  \u00a0  \u201cAs the first children\u2019s psychiatric hospital in the United States, Bradley Hospital\u2019s mission has always been to provide family-centered mental health care to all children who need it,\u201d said Daniel J. Wall, Bradley Hospital president. \u201cThis legislation is a significant step in ensuring that not only do we have the best, most-qualified staff to care for children, but also that we are providing the crucial training needed to prepare the next generation of providers in what is a complex and ever-changing medical environment.\u201d   \u00a0  The Children\u2019s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013 will reauthorize the Children\u2019s Hospitals GME (CHGME) Payment Program for five years at $300 million per year.\u00a0 The bill authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use a portion of CHGME funds appropriated above $245 million for \u201cqualified hospitals\u201d that meet the requirements of the program but for technical reasons did not previously qualify.   \u00a0  \u00a0  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ###  \u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/us-senate-passes-childrens-hospital-graduate-medical-education-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5802816487848759, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}