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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2713 

To amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend advanced 

education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Mrs. CAPPS (for herself and Mr. JOYCE) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to 

extend advanced education nursing grants to support 

clinical nurse specialist programs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Title VIII Nursing 

5 Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUPPORTING CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS. 

2 (a) ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING GRANTS.—Sec3 tion 811 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 296j) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘clinical 

6 nurse leaders,’’ before ‘‘or public health nurses’’; 

7 (2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 

8 subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 

9 (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol10 lowing new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZED CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST

12 PROGRAMS.—Clinical nurse specialist programs eligible 

13 for support under this section are education programs 

14 that— 

15 ‘‘(1) provide registered nurses with full-time 

16 clinical nurse specialist education; and 

17 ‘‘(2) have as their objective the education of 

18 clinical nurse specialists who will upon completion of 

19 such a program be qualified to effectively provide 

20 care through the wellness and illness continuum to 

21 inpatients and outpatients experiencing acute and 

22 chronic illness.’’. 

23 (b) DEFINITION OF NURSE-MANAGED CLINIC.—Sec24 tion 801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296) 

25 is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(18) NURSE-MANAGED HEALTH CLINIC.—The 

2 term ‘nurse-managed health clinic’ has the meaning 

3 given to such term in section 330A–1.’’. 

4 (c) NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NURSE EDU5 CATION AND PRACTICE.—Section 851(b)(1)(A)(iv) of the 

6 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297t) is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘and nurse anesthetists’’ and inserting ‘‘nurse 

8 anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists’’. 

9 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING FOR NURSING 

10 PROGRAMS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VIII of the Public Health 

12 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (i)(1) of section 846 (42 

14 U.S.C. 297n; loan repayment and scholarship pro15 grams), by striking ‘‘2003 through 2007’’ and in16 serting ‘‘2016 through 2020’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (f) of section 846A (42 U.S.C. 

18 297n–1; nurse faculty loan program), by striking 

19 ‘‘2010 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 through 

20 2020’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (e) of section 865 (42 U.S.C. 

22 298; comprehensive geriatric education), by striking 

23 ‘‘2010 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 through 

24 2020’’; and 


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1 (4) in section 871 (42 U.S.C. 298d; funding for 

2 carrying out parts B, C, and D), by striking 

3 ‘‘$338,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums 

4 as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 

5 2011 through 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as 

6 may be necessary for fiscal years 2016 through 

7 2020’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING CHANGES.— 

9 (1) Section 831 of the Public Health Service 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 296p) is amended— 

11 (A) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘,,’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘,’’; and 

13 (B) by striking subsection (h). 

14 (2) Section 831A of the Public Health Service 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 296p–1) is amended by striking sub16 section (g). 

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