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Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008

Introduced: September 10, 2008 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 10, 2008
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from denying provider-operated status for a nursing and allied education program that substantially meets certain requirements pertaining to the cost of approved activities for such programs, in effect as of October 1, 2006, on the basis of an organizational structure, contractual arrangements, or legal structure of the program, or a change in such a structure or arrangement, so long as a hospital, hospitals, or health system continues to substantially control the nursing or allied program.

Prohibits denial of payments for the costs of approved educational activities for a nursing or allied health education program. Requires restoration to a hospital of any recoupment or denial effected for a previous cost reporting year.

What's happening now September 10, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  • HR 5174 Identical bill Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3468: Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3468/
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"S. 3468: Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3468/.
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S. 3468, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3468/.
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