US Congress House Bill 2176 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4)
Status: Introduced on April 29 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-29 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from denying provider-operated status for a nursing and allied education program that substantially meets certain requirements pertaining to the cost of approved activities for such programs, in effect as of October 1, 2006, on the basis of an organizational structure, contractual arrangements, or legal structure of the program, or a change in such a structure or arrangement, so long as a hospital, hospitals, or health system continues to substantially control the nursing or allied program. Prohibits denial of payments for the costs of approved educational activities for a nursing or allied health education program. Requires restoration to a hospital of any recoupment or denial effected for a previous cost reporting year.

Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009

Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D-ND]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-29		Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2176/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2176/BILLS-111hr2176ih.pdf