3.0.0 246 2023-01-11T13:46:39Z 2023-01-11T13:46:39Z Senate S 2021-02-04 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-04T23:10:40Z FAAN Act 117 851 HR 2021-02-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 117 4486 S 2022-06-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2021-02-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-02-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2021-05-12 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2022-11-14 False Health Congressional oversight Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Higher education Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical education Medical research Minority education Minority employment Nursing Rural conditions and development Teaching, teachers, curricula Health 00 2021-02-04 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-06T13:44:43Z Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act or the FAAN Act

This bill authorizes the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants to nursing schools to increase capacity to respond to public health emergencies and pandemics and otherwise enhance nursing education programs.

In awarding these grants, HRSA shall prioritize historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, schools that are located in medically underserved communities, and schools in areas with shortages of health professionals.

]]> FAAN Act Display Title FAAN Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to support schools of nursing in program enhancement and infrastructure modernization, increasing the number of nursing faculty and students, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced FAAN Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s246is/xml/BILLS-117s246is.xml 2021-02-04 Read twice and 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.