IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2713 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
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, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:58 Nov 15, 2016
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2713.RFS
H2713
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 2713 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Title VIII Nursing 
Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2016’’. 
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 to inpatients and outpatients experiencing acute 
and chronic illness.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF
NURSE-MANAGED
HEALTH 
CLINIC.—Section 801 of the Public Health Service Act 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:58 Nov 15, 2016
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2713.RFS
H2713
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 2713 RFS
(42 U.S.C. 296) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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(b)(1)(A)(iv)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘and nurse anesthetists’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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 ‘‘such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$83,135,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 
through 2021’’; 
(2) in subsection (f) of section 846A (42 U.S.C. 
297n–1; nurse faculty loan program), by striking 
‘‘such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 
2010 
through 
2014’’ 
and 
inserting 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:58 Nov 15, 2016
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2713.RFS
H2713
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 2713 RFS
‘‘$26,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 
2021’’; 
(3) in subsection (e) of section 865 (42 U.S.C. 
298; comprehensive geriatric education), by striking 
‘‘such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 
2010 
through 
2014’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$38,737,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 
2021’’; and 
(4) in section 871 (42 U.S.C. 298d; funding for 
carrying out parts B, C, and D), by striking 
‘‘$338,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
2011 through 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘$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) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘,,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘,’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (h). 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:58 Nov 15, 2016
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2713.RFS
H2713
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 2713 RFS
(2) Section 831A of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 296p–1) is amended by striking sub-
section (g). 
Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:58 Nov 15, 2016
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2713.RFS
H2713
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS