Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative LaHood
Introduced
Summary
Expands what Medicare would count as allowable hospital costs for nursing and allied health education programs. The bill would require Medicare to treat direct and indirect costs from licensed or accredited hospital training programs, including costs allocated from related entities, as reasonable for hospital cost reporting.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Medicare help for hospital training costs
If enacted, qualifying hospitals could count all direct and indirect training costs under Medicare. Programs must be licensed by a state or accredited by a national or regional group. This would cover costs the hospital pays and costs from related entities under common control. Related entities could include shared-board, sole member, or same-entity relationships. Training done at the hospital or at a related entity would qualify. These costs would be allowed for cost reports that begin on or after enactment. Medicare could not recoup or cut Part A payments for such costs on or after enactment. That bar would apply to costs listed on a hospital's Medicare cost report. The Department of Health and Human Services would refund recoupments from the six years before enactment. It would issue rules within 120 days.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
LaHood
IL • R
Cosponsors
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Fischbach
MN • R
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 3/27/2025
Wittman
VA • R
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Carter (GA)
GA • R
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Bresnahan
PA • R
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Vindman
VA • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Tenney
NY • R
Sponsored 12/10/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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