H.R.
1436 (Capps)
Nurse Reinvestment Act |
S.
706 (Kerry)
Nurse Reinvestment Act |
S.
721 (Hutchinson)
Nursing Employment and
Education Development Act
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H.R.
3020 (Kelly)
Nursing Employment and Education Development Act
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| Introduced
on 4/4/01 by Reps. Lois Capps (D-CA) and Sue Kelly (R-NY)
and referred to the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means
Committees. |
Introduced
on 4/5/01 by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Jim Jeffords
(I-VT) and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Introduced
on 4/5/01 by Sens. Tim Hutchinson (R-AR) and Barbara
Mikulski (D-MD) and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Introduced
on 10/04/01 by Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY) and referred to the
Energy and Commerce Committee. |
| Sec.
851. Directs the Secretary to develop and issue public
service announcements to enhance the image of nursing.
Sec.
852. Creates grants eligible to professional, national
or State associations of nursing, hospitals, nursing
homes, home health care agencies, hospices, or consortia
of such associations to recruit new nurses through local
multi-media advertising campaigns.
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AACN supports.
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Section
851. Identical to Capps.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
855. Provides funding to schools of nursing and state
health care provider associations for a national multi-media
public education campaign to enhance the image of nursing,
promote diversity in the workplace, encourage individuals
to enter the nursing profession, and encourage career
development for individuals in the nursing profession.
Prevents grant recipients from using funds to advertise
specific employment opportunities. Authorizes $5M for
FY 2002, sums necessary for FY 2003-04.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
855. Identical to Hutchinson.
**
AACN supports.
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| Sec.
853. Creates nurse recruitment grants eligible
to professional, national or State nursing associations,
professional associations of hospitals, nursing homes,
home health care agencies, hospices, consortia of such
associations to: 1) conduct outreach at primary and secondary
schools; 2) provide stipends to nursing students from
disadvantaged backgrounds; 3) provide remedial education
for students who require assistance with math, English
and medical terminology; and 4) assist disadvantaged students
with the costs of child care and transportation.
Sec.
854. Includes certified nursing assistant in definition
of 'nursing profession' for Secs. 851-855.
Sec.
855. Authorizes $20M for each FY 2002-04.
**
AACN supports.
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Section
853. Similar to Capps.
Section
854. Authorizes $20M for each FY 2002-04.
**Does
not include certified nursing assistant in nursing profession.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
858. Provides educational assistance grants to pursue
a nursing career eligible to individuals from diverse
or disadvantaged backgrounds for scholarships, stipends,
pre-entry preparation, and retention activities in nursing.
Authorizes $10M for FY 2002, sums necessary for FY
2003-04.
Sec.
856. Provides grants to schools of nursing to expand
the operation of Area Health Education Centers Program
under Sec. 751 to work in communities to develop models
of excellence for school, public health, perinatal outreach,
and other community-based nurses or to expand any junior
and senior high school mentoring programs to include
a nurse mentoring program. Authorizes $5M for FY
2002, sums necessary for FY 2003-04.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
858. Identical to Hutchinson.
Sec. 857. Identical to Hutchinson.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
861. Creates career ladder grants eligible
to schools of nursing to award scholarships or
stipends for nurse professionals and paraprofessionals
who enroll in entry level, advanced practice, RN/master's
degree programs, doctoral nursing programs, public health
nursing programs, nurse educator programs, nurse administrator
programs, and training programs focused on specific
technology use or disease management.
**
AACN supports.
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Section
861. Identical to Capps.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
861. Creates career ladder grants eligible to a
school of nursing, hospital, nursing home, home health
care agency, hospice, FQHC, federally qualified community
health center, rural health clinic, or public health
clinic to develop programs to encourage individuals
in nursing to pursue additional nursing education. Authorizes
$10M for FY 2002, sums necessary for FY 2003-04.
** AACN supports.
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Sec.
861. Identical to Hutchinson.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
862. Creates gerontology curriculum development
and implementation grants for schools of nursing
to develop stand alone courses in geriatric nursing
to support concentrations, minors, and majors in the
discipline, hire faculty who are certified in geriatric
nursing, train faculty members in gerontology and provide
continuing education in gerontology.
**
AACN supports.
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Section
862. Identical to Capps.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
862. Creates grants for nurse training to schools
of nursing, health care facilities or partnerships of
the two to encourage individuals to enter the nursing
profession with a focus on providing long term care.
Authorizes $10M for FY 2002, sums necessary for FY
2003-04.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
862. Identical to Hutchinson.
** AACN supports.
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Sec.
863. Creates grants for partnerships between
a school of nursing and a hospital, nursing home,
home health care agency, hospice, FQHC, rural health
clinic, or public health clinic to provide employees
advanced training and education at the school or facility;
establish or expand nursing practice arrangements in
non-institutional settings to demonstrate methods to
improve access to primary health care in underserved
communities; purchase distance education learning technology
to extend general education and training programs to
rural areas and to extend specialty education and training
programs in all areas.
**
AACN supports.
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Section
863. Identical to Capps.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
857. Establishes Community Nurse Outreach grants
to support health care providers and a community partner
such as a school, nursing program, faith-based organization,
university, community college, public health department,
state health provider or professional state nursing
association, or hospice care program to recruit and
retain nurses. Gives preference to recruit and train
nurses in rural communities, and other communities experiencing
a nursing shortages, and address such needs as dependent
care and transportation. Authorizes $10M for FY 2002,
sums necessary for FY 2003-04.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
857. Identical to Hutchinson.
** AACN supports.
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Sec.
863. Allows funds to be used to expand mentoring
and internship programs for training in specialty
care areas.
**
AACN prefers Hutchinson and Kelly language regarding
nursing residency-see Hutchinson and Kelly.
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Sec.
863. Does not include Capps' language allowing funds
to be used to expand mentoring and internship programs
for training in specialty care areas.
Sec.
864. Authorizes $20M for each FY 2002-04.
**
AACN prefers Hutchinson and Kelly language regarding
nursing residency-see Hutchinson and Kelly.
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Section
863. Creates Sec. 863. Creates grants for internship
and residency programs to support health care facilities
or a partnership of a school of nursing and health care
facility to develop internship residencies and curriculum
and training for graduates of a nursing program, to provide
funding for faculty and mentors and for nurses participating
in internship and residency programs on both a part- and
full-time basis. Authorizes $10M for FY 2002, sums
necessary for FY 2003-04.
**
AACN supports with the recommendation to strike "internship"
and require a baccalaureate degree in nursing for program
participation (post-baccalaureate residency).
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Sec.
863. Identical to Hutchinson.
** AACN supports with the recommendation to strike "internship"
and require a baccalaureate degree in nursing for program
participation (post-baccalaureate residency).
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| Sec.
864. Creates Health Career Academy grants eligible
to schools of nursing, health care providers, or
secondary educational institutions to assist with collaborating
to carry out programs that form education pipelines to
recruit students into nursing programs.
**
AACN supports.
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No |
No |
Sec.
864. Creates Grants for Education of RNs on Current
Trends in Nursing. Eligible to a school of nursing or
a 'health care facility' such as a hospital, nursing home,
home health care agency, hospice, federally qualified
health center or qualified community health center, rural
or public health clinic, or a partnership of a school
of nursing and a health care facility. Awards grants to
develop curricula and sponsor courses to educate RNs on
current tends in nursing. Authorizes $10 million for
FY 2002, such sums as necessary for fiscal years 2003
and 2004.
**
AACN supports.
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| Sec.
865. Creates Fast-Track Faculty Scholarship and
Loan Repayment program to provide scholarships of
up to $20K to nursing students for each year of full-time
attendance in doctoral nursing programs in exchange for
a commitment to teach at a school of nursing for two-years
following award of the degree. Scholarships may cover
tuition expenses, other reasonable education expenses,
and living expenses incurred in attending the doctoral
program involved.
Provides
loan repayments to nurses with doctoral degrees, or
students enrolled in the final academic year of a doctoral
nursing program in exchange for at least a two-year
commitment to teach at a school of nursing.
Requires
school of nursing to match loan amounts for each
year the individual teaches/receives loan forgiveness.
Sec.
866. Authorizes $46M for each FY 2002-04.
** AACN supports with the recommendation to remove
the nursing school loan-match since nursing schools
are unable to meet this requirement which will make
the program ineffective. AACN also recommends expanding
the program beyond the last year of academic pursuit.
Achieving the Doctoral degree takes 3-4 years of full-time
study. On average, achieving the nursing doctorate takes
7 years of part-time study.
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No
**
AACN supports- see Capps, Hutchinson, and Kelly.
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Sec.
865. Creates a Fast-Track Nursing Faculty Loan Program
for public/nonprofit private schools of nursing to award
loans of up to $35K per academic year to financially needy
master's or doctoral nursing students. Requires participating
students to commit to teach at the school of nursing for
a number of years equal to the number of years the student
receives loans with teaching commitments beginning upon
awarding of the degree. Authorizes loan program at
$10M for FY 2002; $15M for FY 2003-04.
Sec.
866. Creates a Fast-Track Nursing Faculty Stipend
and Scholarship Program based on same model as the loan
program, see Sec. 865. Authorizes scholarship/stipend
program at $10M for FY 2002; $15M each FY 2003-04.
**
AACN supports with the recommendation that preference
be given to financially needy students but not be a
requirement for program participation. The purpose of
the program is to provide an incentive for students
to work towards graduate nursing degrees to enable them
to teach as well as to attract practicing nurses back
into the pipeline to become faculty members. Practicing
nurses are unlikely to be eligible for the financial
need is a requirement.
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Sec.
865. Identical to Hutchinson.
Sec.
866. Identical to Hutchinson.
**
AACN supports with the recommendation that preference
be given to financially needy students but not be a
requirement for program participation. The purpose of
the program is to provide an incentive for students
to work towards graduate nursing degrees to enable them
to teach as well as to attract practicing nurses back
into the pipeline to become faculty members. Practicing
nurses are unlikely to be eligible for the financial
need is a requirement.
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| Sec.
871. Creates a National Nursing Service Corps Scholarship
(NNSCS) program to award tax-exempt scholarships to
students pursuing nursing education leading to an undergraduate
degree or diploma in nursing in exchange for service by
such individuals in areas with nursing shortages.
Listing
of health care settings where nurses may serve differs
from Kerry bill.
Provides
$400 stipends for each 12 consecutive months beginning
with the first month of the school year.
Sec.
112. Excludes NNSCSs from taxes.
Authorizes
$50M for each FY 2002-04.
** AACN supports.
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Section
871. Similar to Capps.
--
Listing of health care settings where nurses may serve
differs from Capps' bill.
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Provides $400 stipends for each 12 consecutive months
beginning with the first month of the school year-can
be adjusted by Secretary.
Section
5. Excludes NNSCSs from taxes.
Authorizes
$65M for each FY 2002-04.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
851. Creates a Nurse Corps Scholarship Program to
provide up to four-year scholarships to part- or full-time
nursing students in exchange for serving in a nursing
shortage upon completion of education. Gives preference
to students likely to continue to serve in nursing shortage
area, interested in practice areas with unmet need including
teaching, minority nurses, and financial need. Requires
a report from the Secretary within 18 months describing
the program and its impact.
Provides
stipends of $400 per month student is enrolled-can be
adjusted by Secretary.
Authorizes
$10M for FY 2002, $15M each FY 2003-04.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
851. Identical to Hutchinson.
** AACN supports.
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| Title
II-Amendments to Social Security Act, Subtitle A-Amendments
to Medicare Program.
Sec.
201. Expands Medicare GME to "make payments
to nonhospital providers for the reasonable costs of
providing nursing training if such costs are incurred
in the operation of a training program that is operated
by a hospital." Defines nonhospital providers
as FQHCs, rural health clinics, skilled nursing facilities,
Medicare+Choice organizations, and other non-hospital
providers as determined by the Secretary.
**
AACN recommends striking Sec. 201 or the underscored
language from the Kerry/Capps bills. As written, this
provision provides incentives for training sites to
provide clinical education to students in diploma schools,
which train less than 4% of the nursing workforce.
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Section
2. Same as Capps -does not specify skilled nursing
facility.
**
See AACN recommendation regarding Capps.
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No |
No |
| Sec.
202. Authorizes hospices and home health providers
to receive GME reimbursement for the costs of providing
nursing training for FY 2002-2006. Does not limit reimbursement
for training to nurses enrolled in hospital programs.
Authorizes funds as necessary for FY 2002-06.
**
AACN supports-recommends making Nurse-Managed Health
Centers eligible for GME for providing clinical nursing
education.
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Section
3. Identical to Capps (Section 202).
**
See AACN recommendations regarding Capps (Section 202).
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No |
No |
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Subtitle
B-Amends Medicaid Program.
Sec. 211. Increases Medicaid matching rate for Medicaid
nurse aid training and competency evaluation programs.
**
AACN does not have a position.
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Section
4. Identical to Capps (Section 211).
**
AACN does not have a position.
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No |
No |
| No |
No |
Sec.
871. Establishes a 19-member National Commission on
Nursing Crisis (2/3 nurses or nursing assistants with
different education levels) to make recommendations to
Congress regarding short and long term agency and legislative
actions needed to address the nursing shortage, nursing
training; nurse recruitment and workplace issues, nurse-program
funding in this and the Social Security Act, infrastructure
needs, nursing career advancement, attracting middle/high
school students into nursing; nurse education issues;
and the impact of current recruitment and retention programs
and changes needed. Authorizes $500,000 for FY 2002.
**
AACN does not have a position.
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Sec.
871. Identical to Hutchinson.
**
AACN does not have a position.
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| No |
Section
6. Amends PHSA to allow Nurse Education Loan Repayment
Program (NELRP) participants to serve in a nursing home,
hospice, or home health agency.
**AACN
prefers Hutchinson language.
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Sec.
2. Amends PHSA to allow Nurse Education Loan Repayment
Program (NELRP) participants to serve in a skilled nursing
facility, home health agency, public health department,
nurse-managed health center and increases funding authority
to $10M for FY 2002; $15M for FY 2003.
**
AACN supports.
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Sec.
2. Same as Hutchinson.
** AACN supports.
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