I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6186 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for the purpose 
of carrying out activities to increase the number of faculty members 
at collegiate schools of nursing in States with significant shortages of 
nurses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 
Mr. HAYWORTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants 
for the purpose of carrying out activities to increase 
the number of faculty members at collegiate schools of 
nursing in States with significant shortages of nurses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America’s Partnership 
for Nursing Education Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) Many States with rapidly-increasing popu-
lations have a serious shortage of nurses. 
(2) A new Federal program is needed to sup-
port State and private efforts to address the lack of 
capacity in schools of nursing at colleges and univer-
sities. 
(3) Such lack of capacity is the critical driving 
force behind the serious shortage of nurses. 
(4) The nursing shortage has a detrimental im-
pact on the quality of care patients receive in health 
care settings, and plays a role in the rising costs of 
health care. 
(5) States that have established partnerships 
with educational institutions to develop strategies to 
address the nursing shortage, and that have allo-
cated funds toward implementing the strategies, are 
well suited to make effective use of matching Fed-
eral funds. 
SEC. 3. INCREASING NUMBER OF QUALIFIED FACULTY AT 
COLLEGIATE 
SCHOOLS 
OF 
NURSING 
IN 
STATES WITH SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGES OF 
NURSES. 
Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 296 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘PART J—ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS 
‘‘SEC. 861. INCREASING NUMBER OF FACULTY AT COLLE-
GIATE SCHOOLS OF NURSING IN STATES 
WITH SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGES OF NURSES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to qualifying States for the purpose of carrying out activi-
ties to increase the number of faculty at collegiate schools 
of nursing in qualifying States in order to assist in alle-
viating the shortage of nurses in such States. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFYING STATES.—A State is a qualifying 
State for purposes of this section if the State meets the 
following conditions: 
‘‘(1) The population of the State increased by 
more than 50 percent between 1995 and 2005 (in-
clusive), according to data from the Bureau of the 
Census. 
‘‘(2) The State is projected to have fewer than 
555 nurses per 100,000 State residents by 2020, ac-
cording to data from the Health Resources and 
Services Administration. 
‘‘(3) As of January 1, 2006, the State had a 
program in place to assist in increasing the number 
of faculty at collegiate schools of nursing. 
‘‘(c) USES OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The purposes for which a 
grant under subsection (a) may be expended for a 
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collegiate school of nursing include salaries, benefits, 
training, and related expenses for increasing the 
number of faculty, and other operational costs nec-
essary to increase such number, relative to the aver-
age number of such faculty at the school for the fis-
cal year preceding the first fiscal year for which 
such a grant is made for the school. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—A grant under subsection 
(a) may not be expended for any capital expenses. 
‘‘(d) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) for a fiscal year only if the 
qualifying State involved, and each collegiate school of 
nursing for which the grant will be expended, agree to 
maintain expenditures at such school for the purpose de-
scribed in subsection (a) at a level that is not less than 
the average level of such expenditures maintained by the 
State and the school, respectively, for such purpose for 
the five-year period preceding the first fiscal year for 
which a grant under subsection (a) is made with respect 
to the school. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—For each fiscal year 
for which amounts are appropriated under subsection (f), 
the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report that 
identifies the collegiate schools of nursing with respect to 
which grants under subsection (a) have been made and 
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that provides an evaluation of the extent to which the 
grants have been effective in carrying out the purpose de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2007 through 2011.’’. 
Æ 
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