HR 977 114th Congress House

MEND Act

Official title: To enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments under the Medicare program to hospitals for the costs of such programs.

Introduced: February 24, 2015 See on congress.gov

Health Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAllied health servicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesMedical education

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MedicareNursing

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Mar 30, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Feb 13, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Feb 13, 2015

Introduced in House

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Latest action March 30, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act or the MEND 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.

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