Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act or the MEND Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), 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:
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.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5227 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5227
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 28, 2014
Mr. Schock (for himself and Mr. Turner) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
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A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Making the Education of Nurses
Dependable for Schools Act'' or the ``MEND Act''.
SEC. 2. ENABLING HOSPITAL-BASED NURSING PROGRAMS THAT ARE AFFILIATED
WITH A HOSPITAL TO MAINTAIN MEDICARE PAYMENTS FOR THE
COSTS OF SUCH PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--For purposes of clarifying the methodology for
payment under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to providers for the costs of nursing and allied health
education activities for cost reporting periods beginning on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall apply section 413.85 of title 42, Code of
Regulations--
(1) by treating a provider as meeting all of the
requirements described in paragraph (f)(1) of such section if
the provider or a wholly owned subsidiary educational
institution of such provider singly or collectively meets all
of such requirements;
(2) in the case of a provider that would meet the
requirements of paragraph (g)(3) of such section, with respect
to a nursing or allied health education program, except that
the transfer described in such paragraph of such a program to a
wholly owned subsidiary educational institution in order to
meet accreditation standards occurred after October 1, 2003, by
treating such provider as meeting the requirements of such
paragraph (and eligible for payments under such paragraph) with
respect to such program; and
(3) by defining the term ``wholly owned subsidiary
educational institution'', as referenced in such section, as
such term is defined under subsection (b).
(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Provider.--The term ``provider'' has the meaning given
such term in section 400.202 of title 42, Code of Federal
Regulations.
(2) Wholly owned subsidiary educational institution.--The
term ``wholly owned subsidiary educational institution'' means,
with respect to a provider, an educational institution that--
(A) is organized as a legal entity distinct from
the provider;
(B) has the provider as its sole owner or sole
member; and
(C) is organized in the same State in which the
provider is organized or registered to do business.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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