L. 113–98 (text) (PDF)) is a law that amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize payments to children's hospitals for operating training programs that provide graduate medical education.

[4] According to a report about a similar reauthorization bill in the House, "the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program was first enacted in 1999 as part of the Healthcare Research and Quality Act (Pub.

L. 106–129 (text) (PDF)) to provide freestanding children's hospitals with discretionary Federal support for direct and indirect expenses associated with operating medical residency training programs.

[5] Overall, the bill reauthorizes an older law that funds medical education programs at children's hospitals.

[1] S. 1557 would amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize payments to children's hospitals for operating training programs that provide graduate medical education.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that implementing the bill would cost about $1.4 billion over the 2014-2018 period, assuming the appropriation of the authorized amounts.

[1] The Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S. 1557) was introduced on September 27, 2013, by Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D, PA).