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HR 1708 119th Congress House Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Employment and training programs Health care costs and insurance Health personnel Higher education Medical education Medicare Nursing

Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025

Introduced: October 8, 2025 Introduced by: LaHood, Darin Republican · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025

This bill allows hospitals to receive reimbursement under Medicare for certain costs associated with training nursing and allied health students in settings other than the hospital itself. 

Currently, hospitals may receive reimbursement under Medicare for the reasonable costs associated with training nursing and allied health students if certain conditions are met; the criteria vary depending on whether the students are enrolled in an educational program that is operated by the hospital or another entity. If the students are part of a program that is operated by another entity, the training must occur at the hospital itself or in areas immediately surrounding the hospital in order to qualify for reimbursement (among other requirements). The bill allows hospitals to receive reimbursement for these costs if the training is conducted at an entity that is related to the hospital (i.e., common ownership or control).

The bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to update regulations to reflect these changes. Additionally, the CMS may not recoup or reduce payments to hospitals with respect to costs that are allowed under the bill and must refund any such recoupments or reductions that occurred during the six-year period prior to the bill's enactment.

What's happening now February 27, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1708: Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1708/
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"H.R. 1708: Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1708/.
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H.R. 1708, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1708/.
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