I 
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 pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Title VIII Nursing 
Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUPPORTING CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS. 
(a) ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING GRANTS.—Sec-
tion 811 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
296j) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘clinical 
nurse leaders,’’ before ‘‘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 fol-
lowing 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 through the wellness and illness continuum to 
inpatients and outpatients experiencing acute and 
chronic illness.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF NURSE-MANAGED CLINIC.—Sec-
tion 801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(18) NURSE-MANAGED HEALTH CLINIC.—The 
term ‘nurse-managed health clinic’ has the meaning 
given to such term in section 330A–1.’’. 
(c) NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NURSE EDU-
CATION AND PRACTICE.—Section 851(b)(1)(A)(iv) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297t) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and nurse anesthetists’’ and inserting ‘‘nurse 
anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists’’. 
SEC. 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.) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (i)(1) of section 846 (42 
U.S.C. 297n; loan repayment and scholarship pro-
grams), by striking ‘‘2003 through 2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2016 through 2020’’; 
(2) in subsection (f) of section 846A (42 U.S.C. 
297n–1; nurse faculty loan program), by striking 
‘‘2010 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 through 
2020’’; 
(3) in subsection (e) of section 865 (42 U.S.C. 
298; comprehensive geriatric education), by striking 
‘‘2010 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 through 
2020’’; and 
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