Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2016

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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2016 2. Supporting clinical nurse specialists (a) Advanced education nursing grants Section 811 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 296j (1) in subsection (b), by inserting clinical nurse leaders, or public health nurses (2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection: (f) Authorized clinical nurse specialist programs Clinical nurse specialist programs eligible for support under this section are education programs that— (1) provide registered nurses with full-time clinical nurse specialist education; and (2) have as their objective the education of clinical nurse specialists who will upon completion of such a program be qualified to effectively provide care to inpatients and outpatients experiencing acute and chronic illness. . (b) Definition of nurse-Managed health clinic Section 801 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 296 (18) Nurse-managed health clinic The term nurse-managed health clinic . (c) National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice Section 851(b)(1)(A)(iv) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 297t(b)(1)(A)(iv) and nurse anesthetists nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists 3. Reauthorization of funding for nursing programs (a) In general Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 296 et seq. (1) in subsection (i)(1) of section 846 ( 42 U.S.C. 297n such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007 $83,135,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 (2) in subsection (f) of section 846A ( 42 U.S.C. 297n–1 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 $26,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 (3) in subsection (e) of section 865 ( 42 U.S.C. 298 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 $38,737,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 (4) in section 871 ( 42 U.S.C. 298d $338,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2016 $119,837,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 (b) Conforming changes (1) Section 831 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 296p (A) in subsection (g), by striking ,, , (B) by striking subsection (h). (2) Section 831A of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 296p–1 November 14, 2016 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend nursing programs and revise the advanced education nursing grant program. (Sec. 2) The advanced education nursing grant program is revised to include clinical nurse leaders as advanced education nurses, thereby making clinical nurse leader education programs eligible for grants. (Clinical nurse leaders are advanced generalist clinicians who apply research and coordinate care in order to improve outcomes for patients.) To be eligible for advanced education nursing grants, clinical nurse specialist programs must provide registered nurses with full-time clinical nurse specialist education that qualifies the nurses to provide a full range of care. (Sec. 3) The bill extends through FY2021 nursing programs, including programs for advanced education nursing, loan repayment and scholarships for nurses, loans for nursing faculty, geriatric care education, and nurse retention.