HR1708119th CongressWALLET

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

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