Sec. 12. Improved disclosures for clinical training programs
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Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1092 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Beginning in the year in which the Protections and Regulation for Our Students Act is enacted, an eligible institution that participates in any program under this title shall prepare and submit a report to the Secretary containing the information described in subparagraph (C), for every year in which the eligible institution has an agreement with a hospital or health facility, through which— the eligible institution agrees to provide funding or other benefits to the hospital or health facility; and that hospital or health facility provides opportunities for students at the institution to participate in a clinical training program.
Following the year in which the Protections and Regulation for Our Students Act is enacted, the report described in this paragraph shall be submitted not more than 30 days after the end of any year for which a report is required to comply with subparagraph (A). The report described in this paragraph shall include the following: The amount of any payments from the institution of higher education to a hospital or health facility during the period covered by the report, and the precise terms of any agreement under which such amounts are determined.
Any conditions associated with the transfer of money or the provision of clinical training program opportunities that are part of the agreement described in subparagraph (A). Any memorandum of understanding between the institution of higher education, or an alumni association or foundation affiliated with or related to such institution, and a hospital or health facility, that directly or indirectly relates to any aspect of any agreement referred to in subparagraph
(A)or controls or directs any obligations or distribution of benefits between or among any such entities. For each hospital or health facility that has an agreement described in subparagraph
(A)with the institution, the number of clinical training positions at the hospital or health facility that are reserved for students at that institution. Beginning in the year in which the Protections and Regulation for Our Students Act is enacted, and annually thereafter, an eligible institution shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a report containing the information described in subparagraph
(C)if— the eligible institution made a charitable donation to a hospital or health facility in any of the previous 3 years; and the number of students from the eligible institution who participate in any clinical training program at the hospital or health facility where such a donation was made increases by more than 5 students or 10 percent, whichever is less, as compared to the number of such students who participated in a clinical training program at that hospital or health facility during the first year in the previous 3-year period. Following the year in which the Protections and Regulation for Our Students Act is enacted, the report described in subparagraph
(A)shall be submitted not more than 30 days after the end of any year for which a report is required to comply with subparagraph (A). The report described in this paragraph shall include the following: The amount of each charitable donation that was made in the previous 3-year period by the eligible institution to a hospital or health facility. The number of students from the eligible institution who participate in any clinical training program at the hospital or health facility where each such donation was made— during the year in which the report is submitted; and during the first year in the previous 3-year period covered by the report. The information required to be reported in this subsection shall include, and shall be aggregated with respect to, each institution of higher education and each alumni association or foundation affiliated with or related to such institution. For any year in which an institution is required to submit a report described under paragraph
(1)and a report described under paragraph (2), the institution may submit a single report for that year containing all of the information required under paragraphs
(1)and (2). The Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to Congress, and make available to the public, an annual report that lists the reports submitted to the Secretary by each institution of higher education in accordance with this subsection. Each eligible institution described in paragraph
(1)or
(2)of this subsection shall make readily available the reports described in such paragraph (as applicable), through appropriate publications, mailings, and electronic media to the general public. In this subsection: The term clinical training program means any program at, or associated or affiliated with, a hospital or health facility (or any of a hospital’s affiliates or health facility's affiliates), the completion of which fulfills a requirement that is necessary to receive a license, certificate, specialized accreditation, or other academically related pre-condition necessary under Federal or State law for a health profession. The term health facility has the meaning given that term in section 804(d). The term hospital has the meaning given that term in section 1861 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x ). .
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