HR 977 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

MEND Act

Introduced Feb 13, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Aaron Schock R-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 30, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 13, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2015 to Mar 24, 2015, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalFeb 13, 2015
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-OHMichael R. TurnerOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-PAMike KellyOriginalFeb 13, 2015
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalFeb 13, 2015
R-NYRichard L. HannaOriginalFeb 13, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsFeb 24, 2015
R-MOBilly LongFeb 24, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreFeb 24, 2015
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenFeb 24, 2015
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiFeb 24, 2015
R-KSTim HuelskampFeb 24, 2015
R-VARobert J. WittmanFeb 26, 2015
R-OHBob GibbsMar 4, 2015
R-TNDavid P. RoeMar 16, 2015
Show all 18 cosponsors

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 30, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 13, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Feb 13, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 629MEND ActIdentical billMar 3, 2015
HR 1784MEND ActIdentical billApr 21, 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 13, 2015Introduced in House

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