Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025
Latest action · Feb 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Original | Feb 27, 2025 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Sep 18, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Feb 26, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Jun 25, 2026 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Aug 20, 2026 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Nov 5, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 39, February 27, 2025, page H920.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1087 | Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025 | Related bill | Mar 14, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust allowable direct and indirect costs for nursing and allied health education programs.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
