Nurse Education Amendments of 1991
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Oct 1, 1991)
Nurse Education Amendments of 1991 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to remove provisions allowing certain expenditures relating to: (1) special projects in nurse education; (2) training of nurses in geriatrics; (3) innovative hospital nursing practice models; (4) advanced nurse education; (5) the education of nurse practitioners in geriatrics; (6) traineeships for nurse practitioners and nurse midwives; (7) post-baccalaureate fellowships for faculty of nursing schools; (8) traineeships for nurses in doctoral programs, nurse administrators, nurse educators, and nurse researchers; and (9) undergraduate education of professional nurses. Authorizes appropriations for related remaining provisions.
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) special projects to increase nursing education for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; (2) traineeships for nurse anesthetists; and (3) loan repayment programs for nurses providing service in certain health facilities.
Reallocates certain returned funds to such loan repayment programs rather than to programs for the undergraduate education of professional nurses.
Includes schools of nursing as eligible for grants and contracts relating to geriatric education centers.
What just happenedOct 18, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Oct 18, 1991CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Oct 1, 1991IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Oct 1, 1991IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Oct 1, 1991IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House