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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Nurse Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. AMENDING PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFICE
OF THE NATIONAL NURSE.

Title XVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following section:

''SEC. 1711. OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL NURSE.

''(a) Establishment of Office.--There is established within the
Office of Public Health and Science an office to be known as the Office
of the National Nurse, which shall be headed by an individual serving
in a position to be known as the National Nurse. The Secretary shall
appoint a registered nurse to serve in such position. The Secretary
shall carry out this section acting through the National Nurse.
''(b) Duties.--The National Nurse shall--
''(1) carry out activities to encourage individuals to
enter the nursing profession, including providing education on
the distinct role of nurses in the health professions and
examining nursing issues that would increase public safety,
such as issues relating to staff levels, working conditions,
and patient input;
''(2) carry out activities to encourage nurses to become
educators in schools of nursing;
''(3) carry out activities to promote the public health,
including encouraging nurses to be volunteers to projects that
educate the public on achieving better health; and
''(4) conduct media campaigns and make personal appearances
for purposes of paragraphs (1) through (3).
''(c) Annual Priorities on Achieving Better Health.--
''(1) In general.--Each fiscal year the National Nurse
shall designate four methods of achieving better health that
will be given priority by the National Nurse in carrying out
subsection (b)(3) (referred to in this subsection as 'annual
health priorities'). The National Nurse shall designate such
priorities in consultation with the Surgeon General of the
Public Health Service, the heads of the agencies of such
Service, the States, and organizations that represent health
professionals.
''(2) Community-based projects.--
''(A) In general.--In carrying out subsection
(b)(3), the National Nurse shall make grants to
nonprofit private entities to carry out projects for
the purpose of educating the public on the annual
health priorities, including outreach activities in
settings such as schools, senior centers, and
libraries.
''(B) State coordinators; nurse teams.--In making
grants under subparagraph (A), the National Nurse shall
provide for the following with respect to a State and
particular communities in which activities under the
grant will be carried out:
''(i) The designation of an individual to
coordinate such activities within the State
(referred to in this paragraph as the 'State
coordinator').
''(ii) Under the guidance of the State
coordinator, the formation of teams of nurses
who volunteer to provide the education referred
to subparagraph (A), which teams are diverse
and representative in terms of educational
level in the field of nursing and in terms of
racial and ethnic minority groups.
''(iii) The collection in such communities,
in accordance with criteria of the National
Nurse, of data relating to the annual health
priorities.
''(C) Media campaigns.--The National Nurse shall
ensure that media campaigns under subsection (b)(4)
include media campaigns regarding the annual health
priorities.
''(D) Evaluations.--The National Nurse shall,
directly or through awards of grants or contracts,
evaluate projects under subparagraph (A) to determine
the extent to which the projects have been successful
in carrying out the purpose described in such
subparagraph.
''(E) Dissemination of information.--The National
Nurse shall--
''(i) disseminate information obtained in
the evaluations under subparagraph (D); and
''(ii) disseminate such other information
obtained pursuant to projects under
subparagraph (A) as the National Nurse
determines to be appropriate.
''(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.''.
Output:
National Nurse Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of the National Nurse within the Office of Public Health and Science to: (1) encourage individuals to enter the nursing profession; (2) encourage nurses to become educators in schools of nursing; and (3) promote the public health.

Requires the National Nurse to: (1) designate four methods of achieving better health that will be given priority; and (2) make grants to nonprofit private entities to carry out projects for the purpose of educating the public on the annual health priorities.