3.0.0 1604 2023-01-12T17:52:48Z 2023-01-12T17:52:48Z Senate S S 2007-06-13 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-13T16:29:34Z 2007-06-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-06-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7641) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2007-06-13 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-10-04 False Health Access to health care Broadband Career education College teachers Community health services Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Economics and Public Finance Education Educational counseling Elementary and secondary education Federal aid to education Health surveys Higher education Housing and Community Development Internet Mathematics Medical economics Medical statistics Nurses Nursing Nursing education Quality of care Rural health Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Student loan funds Teacher education Health 00 2007-06-13 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-07T18:36:12Z Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to, or enter into contracts with, schools of nursing, health care facilities, or partnerships of such schools and facilities to educate nurses to serve in rural areas and areas of nurse specialty shortage, including by developing distance learning education.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award grants to such schools, facilities, or partnerships for the establishment of demonstration projects that will expand the number of nurse faculty within schools of nursing, including by developing recruitment programs and offering scholarships.

Allows the Secretary, in the case of a nurse faculty shortage, to obligate more than 10% of traineeships for advanced nursing education programs to individuals in doctoral degree programs.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) award grants to, and enter into contracts with, eligible entities to increase the nursing opportunities for individuals who reside in rural communities, including by increasing and expanding pipeline programs and supporting a web-based health care workforce development system; (2) award grants to entities for demonstration projects that advance the education, delivery, or measurement of quality and patient safety in nursing practice; and (3) award grants to collect data and study the potential benefits of basic and advanced nursing education levels or certification status in the efforts to promote quality improvement strategies and enhance patient outcomes and cost saving measures.

]]> Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007 Display Title Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the number of well-educated nurses, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1604is/xml/BILLS-110s1604is.xml 2007-06-13 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.