3.0.0 2230 2023-01-11T20:20:15Z 2023-01-11T20:20:15Z Senate S S 2007-10-25 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-10-25T17:41:36Z Nursing Education Opportunities Act 110 4001 HR 2008-01-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Identical bill CRS 2007-10-25 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 S13441-13443) IntroReferral 2007-10-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13440-13441) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N Health College teachers Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to education Higher education Hospital personnel Nurses Nursing education Scholarships Student loan funds Health 00 2007-10-25 Introduced in Senate 2008-02-20T13:42:31Z Nursing Education Opportunities Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include accelerated degree nursing students who pursue a second baccalaureate degree or a master's degree as an entry level nursing degree as eligible for financial assistance through nursing programs in the Act, including the Nursing Student Loan Program. Raises the yearly loan amounts available to all nursing students through that Program. Modifies the definition of "collegiate school of nursing" to include accelerated nursing degree programs.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of a nurse faculty shortage, to obligate more than 10% of traineeships for individuals in doctoral degree programs.

Directs the Secretary to award grants to: (1) eligible entities to establish doctoral nursing degree programs, giving priority to such entities located in states in which there are no such programs; and (2) partnerships of eligible entities to establish doctoral nursing consortia to enhance and expand the availability of doctoral nurse faculty and education by enabling the partners to share doctoral faculty and programmatic resources.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to award grants to partnerships composed of an accredited nursing school at an institution of higher education and a hospital or health facility to establish up to five pilot projects to enable such hospital or facility to retain its staff of experienced nurses while providing a mechanism to have these individuals become, through an accelerated nursing education program, faculty members of an accredited nursing school.

]]> Nursing Education Opportunities Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the nurse student loan program, to establish grant programs to address the nursing shortage, to amend title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a nurse faculty pilot project, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Nursing Education Opportunities Act Short Titles as Introduced Nursing Education Opportunities Act Introduced in Senate 2007-10-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2230is/xml/BILLS-110s2230is.xml 2007-10-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13441-13443) 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.