3.0.0 6337 2019-11-15T21:22:05Z 2019-11-15T21:22:05Z House H HR 2008-06-20 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-06-20T13:04:10Z Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 110 2708 S 2008-03-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2008-06-20 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-06-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000180 Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] CAROLYN KILPATRICK D MI CHEEKS 13 N C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2008-06-20 True B001234 Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] JOE BACA D CA 43 2008-06-20 True K000366 Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] Ron Klein D FL 22 2008-07-31 False W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] MAXINE WATERS D CA 35 2008-07-31 False R000462 Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] STEVEN ROTHMAN D NJ R. 9 2008-11-20 False Health Education Federal advisory bodies Geriatrics Gerontology Government Operations and Politics Higher education Home care services Long-term care Medical education Nurse practitioners Nurses Nursing Nursing education Physicians Physicians' assistants Scholarships Social Welfare Social work Student loan funds Health 00 2008-06-20 Introduced in House 2008-07-18T17:55:38Z Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program to enter into contracts with physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, psychologists, and social workers trained in geriatrics or gerontology to pay educational loans in exchange for providing full-time clinical practice and service to older adults; and (2) establish the National Advisory Council on the Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that individuals eligible for the nurse loan repayment program include registered nurses who complete specialty training in geriatrics or gerontology and who elect to provide nursing services to older adults in home and long-term care settings.

Authorizes the Secretary to award nursing education grants and enter into contracts for programs that focus on specialty training in providing long-term care services for nursing personnel who provide services in home and long-term care settings.

Requires the Secretary to establish a Health and Long-Term Care Workforce Advisory Panel to conduct a research project to identify incentives for recruitment and retention of clinicians and providers who agree to serve vulnerable older adults in geriatric and long-term care settings.

]]> Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 Display Title Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans. Introduced in House 2008-06-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6337ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6337ih.xml 2008-06-20 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.