America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to qualifying states to increase the number of faculty at collegiate schools of nursing to alleviate the shortage of nurses. Sets forth conditions to be a qualifying state, including that the state: (1) has a population increase of more than 50% between 1995 and 2005; (2) is projected to have fewer than 555 nurses per 100,000 residents by 2020; and (3) has a program in place, as of January 1, 2006, to assist in increasing the number of faculty at such schools of nursing. Allows such a grant to be used for collegiate school of nursing salaries, benefits, training, and related expenses. Prohibits such a grant from being expended for any capital expenses.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6186 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6186
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for the
purpose of carrying out activities to increase the number of faculty
members at collegiate schools of nursing in States with significant
shortages of nurses.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 26, 2006
Mr. Hayworth introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for the
purpose of carrying out activities to increase the number of faculty
members at collegiate schools of nursing in States with significant
shortages of nurses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``America's Partnership for Nursing
Education Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Many States with rapidly-increasing populations have a
serious shortage of nurses.
(2) A new Federal program is needed to support State and
private efforts to address the lack of capacity in schools of
nursing at colleges and universities.
(3) Such lack of capacity is the critical driving force
behind the serious shortage of nurses.
(4) The nursing shortage has a detrimental impact on the
quality of care patients receive in health care settings, and
plays a role in the rising costs of health care.
(5) States that have established partnerships with
educational institutions to develop strategies to address the
nursing shortage, and that have allocated funds toward
implementing the strategies, are well suited to make effective
use of matching Federal funds.
SEC. 3. INCREASING NUMBER OF QUALIFIED FACULTY AT COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF
NURSING IN STATES WITH SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGES OF NURSES.
Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``PART J--ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS
``SEC. 861. INCREASING NUMBER OF FACULTY AT COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF
NURSING IN STATES WITH SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGES OF NURSES.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary may make grants to qualifying
States for the purpose of carrying out activities to increase the
number of faculty at collegiate schools of nursing in qualifying States
in order to assist in alleviating the shortage of nurses in such
States.
``(b) Qualifying States.--A State is a qualifying State for
purposes of this section if the State meets the following conditions:
``(1) The population of the State increased by more than 50
percent between 1995 and 2005 (inclusive), according to data
from the Bureau of the Census.
``(2) The State is projected to have fewer than 555 nurses
per 100,000 State residents by 2020, according to data from the
Health Resources and Services Administration.
``(3) As of January 1, 2006, the State had a program in
place to assist in increasing the number of faculty at
collegiate schools of nursing.
``(c) Uses of Grants.--
``(1) In general.--The purposes for which a grant under
subsection (a) may be expended for a collegiate school of
nursing include salaries, benefits, training, and related
expenses for increasing the number of faculty, and other
operational costs necessary to increase such number, relative
to the average number of such faculty at the school for the
fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year for which such a
grant is made for the school.
``(2) Limitation.--A grant under subsection (a) may not be
expended for any capital expenses.
``(d) Maintenance of Effort.--A grant may be made under subsection
(a) for a fiscal year only if the qualifying State involved, and each
collegiate school of nursing for which the grant will be expended,
agree to maintain expenditures at such school for the purpose described
in subsection (a) at a level that is not less than the average level of
such expenditures maintained by the State and the school, respectively,
for such purpose for the five-year period preceding the first fiscal
year for which a grant under subsection (a) is made with respect to the
school.
``(e) Reports to Congress.--For each fiscal year for which amounts
are appropriated under subsection (f), the Secretary shall submit to
the Congress a report that identifies the collegiate schools of nursing
with respect to which grants under subsection (a) have been made and
that provides an evaluation of the extent to which the grants have been
effective in carrying out the purpose described in subsection (a).
``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000
for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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