Stop Nurse Shortages Act

Bill: 118-hr-8330
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2024-05-08
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2024-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-05-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop Nurse Shortages Act</b></p> <p>This bill includes the development of accelerated nursing programs to increase the number of graduating nurses (including graduates who are from disadvantaged backgrounds) as a priority area for certain grants made to institutions of higher education or other eligible entities for nurse education, practice, quality, and retention.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8330 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2024 Ms. Stevens (for herself and Mr. Joyce of Ohio ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase access to accelerated nursing degree programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Nurse Shortages Act . 2. Accelerated nursing degree program (a) In general Section 831(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 296p(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking or at the end; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) creating, expanding, or supporting an accelerated nursing degree program at a school of nursing (including by hiring and retaining faculty and preceptors, increasing the number of clinical training sites, and offering student financial assistance) to increase the number of graduating nurses, including graduates who are from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented among registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses). . (b) Authorization of appropriations Section 871 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 298d ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Accelerated nursing degree programs In addition to amounts made available under paragraph (1), for the purpose of carrying out section 831(a)(3), there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. . (c) Report to Congress Not later than 4 years after the date on which the first grant or contract is made under paragraph (3) of section 831(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 296p(a) ), as added by subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on— (1) the number of nursing students, disaggregated by grantee, who enrolled at institutions receiving grants under such paragraph (3); (2) the number of nursing students who graduated from such institutions; and (3) the number of accelerated nursing degree programs established by such grants.