,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebbg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bh1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,schock 7for himself and ,mr4 ,turner7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to enable          
hospital-based nursing programs that are
 affiliated with a hospital to maintain 
payments under the ,medicare program to 
hospitals for the costs of such         
programs4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,making the         
,education of ,nurses ,dependable for   
,schools ,act or the ,,mend ,act4  #b4  
,enabling hospital-based nursing        
programs that are affiliated with a     
hospital to maintain ,medicare payments 
for the costs of such programs  7a7 ,in 
general ,for purposes of clarifying the 
methodology for payment under the       
,medicare program under title ,,xviii of
 the ,social ,security ,act to providers
 for the costs of nursing and allied    
health education activities for cost    

reporting periods beginning on or after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services shall apply section #dac4he of
 title #db1 ,code of ,regulations--     
7#a7 by treating a provider as meeting  
all of the requirements described in    
paragraph 7f77#a7 of such section if the
 provider or a wholly owned subsidiary  
educational institution of such provider
 singly or collectively meets all of    
such requirements2  7#b7 in the case of 
a provider that would meet the          
requirements of paragraph 7g77#c7 of    
such section1 with respect to a nursing 
or allied health education program1     
except that the transfer described in   
such paragraph of such a program to a   
wholly owned subsidiary educational     
institution in order to meet            
accreditation standards occurred after  
,october #a1 #bjjc1 by treating such    
provider as meeting the requirements of 
such paragraph 7and eligible for        
payments under such paragraph7 with     

respect to such program2 and  7#c7 by   
defining the term wholly owned          
subsidiary educational institution1 as  
referenced in such section1 as such term
 is defined under subsection 7b74  7b7  
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
section3  7#a7 ,provider ,the term      
provider has the meaning given such term
 in section #djj4bjb of title #db1 ,code
 of ,federal ,regulations4  7#b7 ,wholly
 owned subsidiary educational           
institution ,the term wholly owned      
subsidiary educational institution      
means1 with respect to a provider1 an   
educational institution that--  7,a7 is 
organized as a legal entity distinct    
from the provider2  7,b7 has the        
provider as its sole owner or sole      
member2 and  7,c7 is organized in the   
same ,state in which the provider is    
organized or registered to do business4