3.0.0 1628 2023-01-12T17:52:48Z 2023-01-12T17:52:48Z Senate S S 2007-06-14 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-14T22:49:36Z 2007-06-14 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7745-7747) IntroReferral 2007-06-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7745) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-06-14 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-06-14 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2007-06-14 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-06-14 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-06-14 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2007-08-03 False Health College teachers Congress Congressional investigations Distance education Economics and Public Finance Education Federal aid to education Geriatrics Governmental investigations Higher education Mentoring Minorities Minorities in medicine Minority education Nurses Nursing education Physical therapy Social Welfare Health 00 2007-06-14 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-07T20:19:02Z Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program to ensure an adequate supply of nurse faculty through awarding grants to eligible entities to: (1) hire new faculty, retain existing faculty, and purchase educational resources; (2) increase enrollment and graduation rates for students from doctoral programs; and (3) assist graduates in serving as nurse faculty in schools of nursing. Requires the Comptroller General to report on activities to increase participation in the nurse educator program.

Requires the Secretary to establish a program to provide Geriatric Academic Career Awards to promote the career development of eligible individuals as geriatric nurse faculty.

Requires the Secretary to establish a Nurse and Physical Therapist Distance Education Pilot Program to award grants for activities to increase accessibility to nursing and physical therapy education, including to: (1) assist individuals in rural areas who want to study nursing or physical therapy; (2) promote the study of nursing and physical therapy at all educational levels; (3) establish additional slots for nursing and physical therapy students at existing schools and programs; and (4) establish new nursing and physical therapy education programs at institutions of higher education

Requires the Secretary to: (1) report on the country of origin or professional school of origin of newly licensed nurses and physical therapists in each state; and (2) contract with the Institute of Medicine to study the nursing and physical therapy workforce.

]]> Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act of 2007 Display Title Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize programs to increase the number of nurse faculty and to increase the domestic nursing and physical therapy workforce, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1628is/xml/BILLS-110s1628is.xml 2007-06-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7745-7747) 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.