partnerships composed of an accredited school of nursing 
at an institution of higher education and a hospital or 
health facility to establish not more than 5 pilot projects 
to enable such hospital or health facility to retain its staff 
of experienced nurses while providing a mechanism to have 
these individuals become, through an accelerated nursing 
education program, faculty members of an accredited 
school of nursing. 
‘‘(b) DURATION; EVALUATION
AND
DISSEMINA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) DURATION.—Grants under this part shall 
be awarded for a period of 3 to 5 years. 
‘‘(2) MANDATORY EVALUATION AND DISSEMI-
NATION.—Grants under this part shall be primarily 
used for evaluation, and dissemination to other insti-
tutions of higher education, of the information ob-
tained through the activities described in section 
781(2). 
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS
IN MAKING AWARDS.—In 
awarding grants and entering into contracts and coopera-
tive agreements under this section, the Secretary shall 
consider the following: 
‘‘(1) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—Providing 
an equitable geographic distribution of such grants. 
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‘‘(2) RURAL AND URBAN AREAS.—Distributing 
such grants to urban and rural areas. 
‘‘(3) RANGE AND TYPE OF INSTITUTION.—En-
suring that the activities to be assisted are developed 
for a range of types and sizes of institutions of high-
er education. 
‘‘(4) PRIOR
EXPERIENCE
OR
EXCEPTIONAL 
PROGRAMS.—Institutions of higher education with 
demonstrated prior experience in providing advanced 
nursing education programs to prepare nurses inter-
ested in pursuing a faculty role. 
‘‘(d) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available by 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this part 
may be used— 
‘‘(1) to develop a new national demonstration 
initiative to align nursing education with the emerg-
ing challenges of healthcare delivery; and 
‘‘(2) for any 1 or more of the following innova-
tions in educational programs: 
‘‘(A) To develop a clinical simulation lab-
oratory in a hospital, health facility, or accred-
ited school of nursing. 
‘‘(B) To purchase distance learning tech-
nologies. 
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‘‘(C) To fund release time for qualified 
nurses enrolled in the graduate nursing pro-
gram. 
‘‘(D) To provide for faculty salaries. 
‘‘(E) To collect and analyze data on edu-
cational outcomes. 
‘‘SEC. 783. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘Each partnership desiring to receive a grant, con-
tract, or cooperative agreement under this part shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and accompanied by such information as the Sec-
retary may require. Each application shall include assur-
ances that— 
‘‘(1) the individuals enrolled in the program will 
be qualified nurses in pursuit of a master’s or doc-
toral degree in nursing and have a contractual obli-
gation with the hospital or health facility that is in 
partnership with the institution of higher education; 
‘‘(2) the hospital or health facility of employ-
ment would be the clinical site for the accredited 
school of nursing program; 
‘‘(3) individuals will also maintain their employ-
ment on a part-time basis to the hospital or health 
facility that allowed them to participate in the pro-
gram, and will receive an income from the hospital 
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or health facility, as a part-time employee, and re-
lease times or flexible schedules to accommodate the 
individuals’ class schedules; and 
‘‘(4) upon completion of the program, an indi-
vidual agrees to teach for 2 years in an accredited 
school of nursing for each year of support the indi-
vidual received under this program. 
‘‘SEC. 784. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for this 
part not more than $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years. 
‘‘SEC. 785. DEFINITION. 
‘‘For purposes of this part, the term ‘health facility’ 
means an Indian Health Service health service center, a 
Native Hawaiian health center, a hospital, a Federally 
qualified health center, a rural health clinic, a nursing 
home, a home health agency, a hospice program, a public 
health clinic, a State or local department of public health, 
a skilled nursing facility, or ambulatory surgical center.’’. 
Æ 
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