US Congress House Bill 977 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 13-6)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

MEND Act Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act Requires the Department of Health and Human Services, for any reimbursements to providers under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the costs of nursing and allied health education activities, to apply the regulation establishing the payment methodology for such reimbursements by treating a provider as meeting the requirements: for consideration as operating an approved nursing or allied health education program if the provider or a wholly owned subsidiary educational institution singly or collectively meets all such requirements; for payment for certain nonprovider-operated programs at wholly owned subsidiary educational institutions if the provider meets all such requirements except that the transfer of a nursing or allied health education program to that wholly owned subsidiary educational institution to meet accreditation standards occurred after October 1, 2003, and if the provider or its wholly owned subsidiary educational institution has been in continuous operation since October 1, 2003. Defines "wholly owned subsidiary educational institution" as one that: (1) is organized as a legal entity distinct from the provider, (2) has the provider as its sole owner or sole member, and (3) is organized in the same state in which the provider is organized or registered to do business.

MEND Act Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act

Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-02-13	House	Introduced in House

SB629 (Same As) 2015-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB1784 (Same As) 2015-04-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/977/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr977/BILLS-114hr977ih.pdf