Nurses for Impoverished Schools Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools. Defines an "eligible local education agency" as one for which: (1) not less than 20% of the students served are from families with incomes below the poverty line; and (2) the student-to-school nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools is 750 or more students to every school nurse.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 5335 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5335
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of
Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible local educational
agencies for the purpose of reducing the student-to-nurse ratio in
public elementary and secondary schools.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 18, 2010
Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mr. Castle) 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 the Secretary of
Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible local educational
agencies for the purpose of reducing the student-to-nurse ratio in
public elementary and secondary schools.
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 ``Nurses for Impoverished Schools
Act''.
SEC. 2. REDUCING STUDENT-TO-NURSE RATIOS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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--SCHOOL NURSES
``SEC. 861. REDUCING STUDENT-TO-NURSE RATIOS.
``(a) Demonstration Grants.--The Secretary, acting through the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make
demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies for the
purpose of reducing the student-to-nurse ratio in public elementary and
secondary schools.
``(b) Report.--Not later than 24 months after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a
report on the results of the demonstration grant program carried out
under this section, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
program in improving the student-to-nurse ratios described in
subsection (a) and an evaluation of the impact of any resulting
enhanced health of students on learning.
``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
``(1) The terms `elementary school' and `secondary school'
have the meanings given to those terms in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
``(2) The term `eligible local educational agency' means a
local educational agency in which--
``(A) not less than 20 percent of the students
served by the agency are from families with incomes
below the poverty line (as defined in section 9101 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801)); and
``(B) the student-to-school nurse ratio in public
elementary and secondary schools is 750 or more
students to every school nurse.
``(3) The term `nurse' means a licensed nurse.
``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section,
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary
for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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