Sponsor
Glenn Grothman
Representative · R-WI
The bill centralizes education-related health and accreditation functions under HHS to preserve continuity and improve health-aligned oversight, but it creates short-term transition costs, potential confusion for education stakeholders, and risks to accountability and agency flexibility.
Students, schools, hospitals, and state partners keep ongoing programs, funds, applications, appeals, and lawsuits moving without interruption during the transfer to HHS, reducing service disruptions for the public.
Federal agencies and officials get clearer legal direction about which responsibilities moved from Education to HHS, lowering ambiguity and reducing the risk of implementation delays or litigation.
HHS can immediately exercise transferred authorities and delegate tasks (including redelegation) so programs can be run promptly under the Department best aligned with health policy, speeding implementation.
Taxpayers, state/local partners, and federal agencies face short-term administrative costs and compliance burdens as records, contracts, procedures, and forms are updated during the transfer.
Students, schools, and other education stakeholders may be confused about which agency handles their programs and whom to contact, creating uncertainty and potential delays for beneficiaries.
Department of Education staff and other federal employees face reassignment, role changes, or other disruptions, causing workforce uncertainty and short-term implementation delays.
Based on analysis of 11 sections of legislative text.
Shifts federal responsibility for foreign medical education accreditation functions from the Department of Education to the Department of Health and Human Services and transfers related personnel, assets, and records.
Representative · R-WI
Official title: To ensure the Department of Health and Human Services will manage accreditation for foreign medical schools, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 9, 2026 by Glenn Grothman · Last progress July 9, 2026
Transfers responsibility for functions related to the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation from the Department of Education to the Department of Health and Human Services and provides related administrative authorities to implement that transfer. It moves personnel, assets, contracts, records, and unexpended funds tied to those functions, directs OMB to oversee the transfer while preventing a net increase in federal FTEs, and preserves existing legal instruments and proceedings after the transfer. The law lets HHS use DOE resources temporarily to implement the change, permits delegation within HHS, and updates statutory references so laws and regulations referring to the Secretary of Education or DOE are read as referring to the Secretary of HHS or HHS for the transferred functions. The transfer generally takes effect six months after enactment, though implementation steps can start at enactment to allow an orderly transition.