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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1628 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize programs to increase 

the number of nurse faculty and to increase the domestic nursing and 

physical therapy workforce, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 14, 2007 

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. COLEMAN, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. NELSON of 

Nebraska, Mr. KERRY, and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize programs to increase the number of nurse faculty and to 

increase the domestic nursing and physical therapy workforce, 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; FINDINGS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act of 

6 2007’’. 


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1 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find2 ings: 

3 (1) The Nurse Reinvestment Act (Public Law 

4 107–205) has helped to support students preparing 

5 to be nurse educators. Yet, nursing schools nation6 wide are forced to deny admission to individuals 

7 seeking to become nurses and nurse educators due 

8 to the lack of qualified nurse faculty. 

9 (2) The American Association of Colleges of 

10 Nursing reported that 42,866 qualified applicants 

11 were denied admission to nursing baccalaureate and 

12 graduate programs in 2006, with faculty shortages 

13 identified as a major reason for turning away stu14 dents. 

15 (3) Seventy-one percent of schools have re16 ported insufficient faculty as the primary reason for 

17 not accepting qualified applicants. The primary rea18 sons for lack of faculty are lack of funds to hire new 

19 faculty, inability to identify, recruit and hire faculty 

20 in the competitive job market as of May 2007, and 

21 lack of nursing faculty available in different geo22 graphic areas. 

23 (4) Despite the fact that in 2006, 52.4 percent 

24 of graduates of doctoral nursing programs enter 

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1 wide produced only 437 graduates, which is only an 

2 additional 6 graduates from 2005. This annual 

3 graduation rate is insufficient to meet the needs for 

4 nurse faculty. In keeping with other professional 

5 academic disciplines, nurse faculty at colleges and 

6 universities are typically doctorally prepared. 

7 (5) The nursing faculty workforce is aging and 

8 will be retiring. 

9 (6) With the average retirement age of nurse 

10 faculty at 62.5 years of age, and the average age of 

11 doctorally prepared faculty, as of May 2007, that 

12 hold the rank of professor, associate professor, and 

13 assistant professor is 58.6, 55.8, and 51.6 years, re14 spectively, the health care system faces unprece15 dented workforce and health access challenges with 

16 current and future shortages of deans, nurse edu17 cators, and nurses. 

18 (7) Research by the National League of Nurs19 ing indicates that by 2019 approximately 75 percent 

20 of the nursing faculty population (as of May 2007) 

21 is expected to retire. 

22 (8) A wave of nurses will be retiring from the 

23 profession in the near future. As of May 2007, the 

24 average age of a nurse in the United States is 46.8 

25 years old. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 


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1 that more than 1,200,000 new and replacement reg2 istered nurses will be needed by 2014. 

3 (9) By 2030, the number of adults age 65 and 

4 older is expected to double to 70,000,000, account5 ing for 20 percent of the population. As the popu6 lation ages, the demand for nurses and nursing fac7 ulty will increase. 

8 (10) Despite the need for nurses to treat an 

9 aging population, few registered nurses in the 

10 United States are trained in geriatrics. Less than 1 

11 percent of practicing nurses have a certification in 

12 geriatrics and 3 percent of advanced practice nurses 

13 specialize in geriatrics. 

14 (11) Specialized training in geriatrics is needed 

15 to treat older adults with multiple health conditions 

16 and improve health outcomes. Approximately 80 per17 cent of Medicare beneficiaries have 1 chronic condi18 tion, more than 60 percent have 2 or more chronic 

19 conditions, and at least 10 percent have coexisting 

20 Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias that com21 plicate their care and worsen health outcomes. Two22 thirds of Medicare spending is attributed to 20 per23 cent of beneficiaries who have 5 or more chronic 

24 conditions. Research indicates that older persons re25 ceiving care from nurses trained in geriatrics are 


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1 less frequently readmitted to hospitals or transferred 

2 from nursing facilities to hospitals than those who 

3 did not receive care from a nurse trained in geri4 atrics. 

5 (12) The Department of Labor projected that 

6 the need for physical therapists would increase by 

7 36.7 percent between 2004 and 2014. 

8 (13) The need for physical therapists is particu9 larly acute rural and urban underserved areas, which 

10 have 3 to 4 times fewer physical therapists per cap11 ita than suburban areas. 

12 TITLE I—GRANTS FOR NURSING 

13 EDUCATION 

14 SEC. 101. NURSE FACULTY EDUCATION. 

15 Part D of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 296p et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 832. NURSE FACULTY EDUCATION. 

19 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting 

20 through the Health Resources and Services Administra21 tion, shall establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program 

22 to ensure an adequate supply of nurse faculty through the 

23 awarding of grants to eligible entities to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) provide support for the hiring of new fac2 ulty, the retaining of existing faculty, and the pur3 chase of educational resources; 

4 ‘‘(2) provide for increasing enrollment and 

5 graduation rates for students from doctoral pro6 grams; and 

7 ‘‘(3) assist graduates from the entity in serving 

8 as nurse faculty in schools of nursing; 

9 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

10 under subsection (a), an entity shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) be an accredited school of nursing that of12 fers a doctoral degree in nursing in a State or terri13 tory; 

14 ‘‘(2) submit to the Secretary an application at 

15 such time, in such manner, and containing such in16 formation as the Secretary may require; 

17 ‘‘(3) develop and implement a plan in accord18 ance with subsection (c); 

19 ‘‘(4) agree to submit an annual report to the 

20 Secretary that includes updated information on the 

21 doctoral program involved, including information 

22 with respect to— 

23 ‘‘(A) student enrollment; 

24 ‘‘(B) student retention; 

25 ‘‘(C) graduation rates; 


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1 ‘‘(D) the number of graduates employed 

2 part-time or full-time in a nursing faculty posi3 tion; and 

4 ‘‘(E) retention in nursing faculty positions 

5 within 1 year and 2 years of employment; 

6 ‘‘(5) agree to permit the Secretary to make on7 site inspections, and to comply with the requests of 

8 the Secretary for information, to determine the ex9 tent to which the school is complying with the re10 quirements of this section; and 

11 ‘‘(6) meet such other requirements as deter12 mined appropriate by the Secretary. 

13 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the receipt of a grant under this section, an entity shall 

15 develop and implement a plan for using amounts received 

16 under this grant in a manner that establishes not less than 

17 2 of the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) Partnering opportunities with practice and 

19 academic institutions to facilitate doctoral education 

20 and research experiences that are mutually bene21 ficial. 

22 ‘‘(2) Partnering opportunities with educational 

23 institutions to facilitate the hiring of graduates from 

24 the entity into nurse faculty, prior to, and upon 

25 completion of the program. 


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1 ‘‘(3) Partnering opportunities with nursing 

2 schools to place students into internship programs 

3 which provide hands-on opportunity to learn about 

4 the nurse faculty role. 

5 ‘‘(4) Cooperative education programs among 

6 schools of nursing to share use of technological re7 sources and distance learning technologies that serve 

8 rural students and underserved areas. 

9 ‘‘(5) Opportunities for minority and diverse stu10 dent populations (including aging nurses in clinical 

11 roles) interested in pursuing doctoral education. 

12 ‘‘(6) Pre-entry preparation opportunities includ13 ing programs that assist returning students in 

14 standardized test preparation, use of information 

15 technology, and the statistical tools necessary for 

16 program enrollment. 

17 ‘‘(7) A nurse faculty mentoring program. 

18 ‘‘(8) A Registered Nurse baccalaureate to 

19 Ph.D. program to expedite the completion of a doc20 toral degree and entry to nurse faculty role. 

21 ‘‘(9) Career path opportunities for 2nd degree 

22 students to become nurse faculty. 

23 ‘‘(10) Marketing outreach activities to attract 

24 students committed to becoming nurse faculty. 


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1 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec2 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to entities from 

3 States and territories that have a lower number of em4 ployed nurses per 100,000 population. 

5 ‘‘(e) NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Grants 

6 under this section shall be awarded as follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) In fiscal year 2008, the Secretary shall 

8 award 10 grants of $100,000 each. 

9 ‘‘(2) In fiscal year 2009, the Secretary shall 

10 award an additional 10 grants of $100,000 each and 

11 provide continued funding for the existing grantees 

12 under paragraph (1) in the amount of $100,000 

13 each. 

14 ‘‘(3) In fiscal year 2010, the Secretary shall 

15 award an additional 10 grants of $100,000 each and 

16 provide continued funding for the existing grantees 

17 under paragraphs (1) and (2) in the amount of 

18 $100,000 each. 

19 ‘‘(4) In fiscal year 2011, the Secretary shall 

20 provide continued funding for each of the existing 

21 grantees under paragraphs (1) through (3) in the 

22 amount of $100,000 each. 

23 ‘‘(5) In fiscal year 2012, the Secretary shall 

24 provide continued funding for each of the existing 


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1 grantees under paragraphs (1) through (3) in the 

2 amount of $100,000 each. 

3 ‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) PAYMENT.—Payments to an entity under 

5 a grant under this section shall be for a period of 

6 not to exceed 5 years. 

7 ‘‘(2) IMPROPER USE OF FUNDS.—An entity 

8 that fails to use amounts received under a grant 

9 under this section as provided for in subsection (c) 

10 shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, be required 

11 to remit to the Federal Government not less than 80 

12 percent of the amounts received under the grant. 

13 ‘‘(g) REPORTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall con15 duct an evaluation of the results of the activities car16 ried out under grants under this section. 

17 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 3 years after 

18 the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec19 retary shall submit to Congress an interim report on 

20 the results of the evaluation conducted under para21 graph (1). Not later than 6 months after the end of 

22 the program under this section, the Secretary shall 

23 submit to Congress a final report on the results of 

24 such evaluation. 

25 ‘‘(h) STUDY.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 

2 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 

3 Comptroller General of the United States shall con4 duct a study and submit a report to Congress con5 cerning activities to increase participation in the 

6 nurse educator program under the section. 

7 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph 

8 (1) shall include the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) An examination of the capacity of 

10 nursing schools to meet workforce needs on a 

11 nationwide basis. 

12 ‘‘(B) An analysis and discussion of sus13 tainability options for continuing programs be14 yond the initial funding period. 

15 ‘‘(C) An examination and understanding of 

16 the doctoral degree programs that are success17 ful in placing graduates as faculty in schools of 

18 nursing. 

19 ‘‘(D) An analysis of program design under 

20 this section and the impact of such design on 

21 nurse faculty retention and workforce short22 ages. 

23 ‘‘(E) An analysis of compensation dispari24 ties between nursing clinical practitioners and 

25 nurse faculty and between higher education 


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1 nurse faculty and higher education faculty over2 all. 

3 ‘‘(F) Recommendations to enhance faculty 

4 retention and the nursing workforce. 

5 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the costs of carrying 

7 out this section (except the costs described in para8 graph (2), there are authorized to be appropriated 

9 $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $2,000,000 for fis10 cal year 2009, and $3,000,000 for each of fiscal 

11 years 2010 through 2012. 

12 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—For the costs of 

13 administering this section, including the costs of 

14 evaluating the results of grants and submitting re15 ports to the Congress, there are authorized to be ap16 propriated such sums as may be necessary for each 

17 of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’. 

18 SEC. 102. GERIATRIC ACADEMIC CAREER AWARDS FOR 

19 NURSES. 

20 Part I of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act 

21 (42 U.S.C. 298 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 856. GERIATRIC FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS. 

24 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

25 shall establish a program to provide Geriatric Academic 


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1 Career Awards to eligible individuals to promote the career 

2 development of such individuals as geriatric nurse faculty. 

3 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—To be eligible to re4 ceive an Award under subsection (a), an individual shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) be a registered nurse with a doctorate de6 gree in nursing; 

7 ‘‘(2)(A) have completed an approved advanced 

8 education nursing program in geriatric nursing or 

9 geropsychiatric nursing; or 

10 ‘‘(B) have a State or professional nursing cer11 tification in geriatric nursing or geropsychiatric 

12 nursing; and 

13 ‘‘(3) have a faculty appointment at an accred14 ited school of nursing, school of public health, or 

15 school of medicine. 

16 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—An eligible individual desiring to 

17 receive an Award under this section shall submit to the 

18 Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 

19 and containing such information as the Secretary may re20 quire, which shall include an assurance that the individual 

21 will meet the service requirement described in subsection 

22 (d). 

23 ‘‘(d) SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—An individual who 

24 receives an Award under this section shall provide training 

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1 nary teams of health care professionals. The provision of 

2 such training shall constitute at least 50 percent of the 

3 obligations of such individual under the Award. 

4 ‘‘(e) AMOUNT AND NUMBER.— 

5 ‘‘(1) AMOUNT.—The amount of an Award 

6 under this section shall equal $75,000 annually, ad7 justed for inflation on the basis of the Consumer 

8 Price Index. The Secretary may increase the amount 

9 of an Award by not more than 25 percent, taking 

10 into account the fringe benefits and other research 

11 expenses, at the recipient’s institutional rate. 

12 ‘‘(2) NUMBER.—The Secretary shall award up 

13 to 125 Awards under this section from 2008 

14 through 2016. 

15 ‘‘(3) REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

17 provide Awards to individuals from 5 regions in 

18 the United States, of which— 

19 ‘‘(i) 2 regions shall be an urban area; 

20 ‘‘(ii) 2 regions shall be a rural area; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(iii) 1 region shall include a State 

23 with— 

24 ‘‘(I) a medical school that has a 

25 department of geriatrics that manages 


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1 rural outreach sites and is capable of 

2 managing patients with multiple 

3 chronic conditions, 1 of which is de4 mentia; and 

5 ‘‘(II) a college of nursing that 

6 has a required course in geriatric 

7 nursing in the baccalaureate program. 

8 ‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The Sec9 retary shall ensure that the 5 regions estab10 lished under subparagraph (A) are located in 

11 different geographic areas of the United States. 

12 ‘‘(f) TERM OF AWARD.—The term of an Award made 

13 under this section shall be 5 years. 

14 ‘‘(g) REPORTS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) EVALUATION.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

17 conduct an evaluation of the results of the ac18 tivities carried out under the Awards estab19 lished under this section. 

20 ‘‘(B) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

21 than 3 years after the date of the enactment of 

22 this section, the Secretary shall submit to Con23 gress an interim report on the results of the 

24 evaluation conducted under this paragraph. Not 

25 later than 180 days after the expiration of the 


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1 program under this section, the Secretary shall 

2 submit to Congress a final report on the results 

3 of such evaluation. 

4 ‘‘(2) CONTENT.—The evaluation under para5 graph (1) shall examine— 

6 ‘‘(A) the program design under this section 

7 and the impact of the design on nurse faculty 

8 retention; and 

9 ‘‘(B) options for continuing the program 

10 beyond fiscal year 2016. 

11 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To fund Awards under 

13 subsection (e), there are authorized to be appro14 priated $1,875,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 

15 through 2016. 

16 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—To carry out 

17 this section (except to fund Awards under subsection 

18 (e)), there are authorized to be appropriated such 

19 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

20 2008 through 2016. 

21 ‘‘(3) SEPARATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 

22 shall ensure that the amounts appropriated pursuant 

23 to paragraph (1) are held in a separate account 

24 from the amounts appropriated pursuant to para25 graph (2).’’. 


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1 TITLE II—DISTANCE EDUCATION 

2 PILOT PROGRAM AND OTHER 

3 PROVISIONS TO INCREASE 

4 THE NURSING AND PHYSICAL 

5 THERAPY WORKFORCE 

6 SEC. 201. INCREASING THE DOMESTIC SUPPLY OF NURSES 

7 AND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NURSE AND PHYSICAL

9 THERAPISTS DISTANCE EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

11 Human Services (referred to in this section as the 

12 ‘‘Secretary’’), in conjunction with the Secretary of 

13 Education, shall establish a Nurse and Physical 

14 Therapist Distance Education Pilot Program 

15 through which grants may be awarded for the con16 duct of activities to increase accessibility to nursing 

17 and physical therapy education. 

18 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Nurse and 

19 Physical Therapist Distance Education Pilot Pro20 gram established under paragraph (1) shall be to in21 crease accessibility to nursing and physical therapy 

22 education to— 

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1 ceive appropriate nursing education and phys2 ical therapy education; 

3 (B) promote the study of nursing and 

4 physical therapy at all educational levels; 

5 (C) establish additional slots for nursing 

6 and physical therapy students at existing ac7 credited schools of nursing and physical therapy 

8 education programs; and 

9 (D) establish new nursing and physical 

10 therapy education programs at institutions of 

11 higher education. 

12 (3) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

13 grant under the Pilot Program under paragraph (1), 

14 an entity shall submit to the Secretary an applica15 tion at such time, in such manner, and containing 

16 such information as the Secretary may require. 

17 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

18 There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as 

19 may be necessary to carry out this subsection. 

20 (b) INCREASING THE DOMESTIC SUPPLY OF NURSES

21 AND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 

23 2008, the Secretary, in conjunction with the Sec24 retary of Education, shall— 


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1 (A) submit to Congress a report con2 cerning the country of origin or professional 

3 school of origin of newly licensed nurses and 

4 physical therapists in each State, that shall in5 clude— 

6 (i) for the most recent 3-year period 

7 for which data is available— 

8 (I) separate data relating to 

9 teachers at institutions of higher edu10 cation for each related occupation who 

11 have been teaching for not more than 

12 5 years; and 

13 (II) separate data relating to all 

14 teachers at institutions of higher edu15 cation for each related occupation re16 gardless of length of service; 

17 (ii) for the most recent 3-year period 

18 for which data is available, separate data 

19 for each related occupation and for each 

20 State; 

21 (iii) a separate identification of those 

22 individuals receiving their initial profes23 sional license and those individuals licensed 

24 by endorsement from another State; 


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1 (iv) with respect to those individuals 

2 receiving their initial professional license in 

3 each year, a description of the number of 

4 individuals who received their professional 

5 education in the United States and the 

6 number of individuals who received such 

7 education outside the United States; and 

8 (v) to the extent practicable, a de9 scription, by State of residence and coun10 try of education, of the number of nurses 

11 and physical therapists who were educated 

12 in any of the 5 countries (other than the 

13 United States) from which the most nurses 

14 and physical therapists arrived; 

15 (B) in consultation with the Department of 

16 Labor, enter into a contract with the Institute 

17 of Medicine of the National Academy of 

18 Sciences for the conduct of a study and submis19 sion of a report that includes— 

20 (i) a description of how the United 

21 States can balance health, education, labor, 

22 and immigration policies to meet the re23 spective policy goals and ensure an ade24 quate and well-trained nursing and phys25 ical therapy workforce; 


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1 (ii) a description of the barriers to in2 creasing the supply of nursing and physical 

3 therapy faculty, domestically trained 

4 nurses, and domestically trained physical 

5 therapists; 

6 (iii) recommendations of strategies to 

7 be utilized by Federal and State govern8 ments that would be effective in removing 

9 the barriers described in clause (ii), includ10 ing strategies that address barriers to ad11 vancement to become registered nurses for 

12 other health care workers, such as home 

13 health aides and nurses assistants; 

14 (iv) recommendations for amendments 

15 to Federal laws that would increase the 

16 supply of nursing faculty, domestically 

17 trained nurses, and domestically trained 

18 physical therapists; 

19 (v) recommendations for Federal 

20 grants, loans, and other incentives that 

21 would provide increases in nurse and phys22 ical therapist educators and training facili23 ties, and other measures to increase the 

24 domestic education of new nurses and 

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1 (vi) an identification of the effects of 

2 nurse and physical therapist emigration on 

3 the health care systems in their countries 

4 of origin; and 

5 (vii) recommendations for amend6 ments to Federal law that would minimize 

7 the effects of health care shortages in the 

8 countries of origin from which immigrant 

9 nurses arrived; and 

10 (C) collaborate with the heads of other 

11 Federal agencies, as appropriate, in working 

12 with ministers of health or other appropriate of13 ficials of the 5 countries from which the most 

14 nurses and physical therapists arrived into the 

15 United States, to— 

16 (i) address health worker shortages 

17 caused by emigration; and 

18 (ii) ensure that there is sufficient 

19 human resource planning or other tech20 nical assistance needed to reduce further 

21 health worker shortages in such countries. 

22 (2) ACCESS TO DATA.—The Secretary shall 

23 grant the Institute of Medicine access to the data 

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1 tute in carrying out the activities under paragraph 

2 (1)(B). 

3 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated $1,400,000 

5 to carry out paragraph (1)(B). 

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