[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6201 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6201

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of 
  Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States for the 
    purpose of reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in public 
        secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2008

 Mrs. McCarthy of New York (for herself and Mrs. Capps) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of 
  Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States for the 
    purpose of reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in public 
        secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Student to School Nurse Ratio 
Improvement Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING STUDENT-TO-SCHOOL NURSE RATIOS.

    Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

                        ``PART J--SCHOOL NURSES

``SEC. 861. REDUCING STUDENT-TO-SCHOOL NURSE RATIOS.

    ``(a) Grants.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to eligible 
States for the purpose of reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in 
public secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten.
    ``(b) Report.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 
report on the results of the grant program carried out under this 
section, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in 
improving the student-to-school nurse rations described in subsection 
(a) and an evaluation of the impact of any resulting enhanced health of 
students on learning.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The terms `elementary school' and `secondary school' 
        have the meanings given to those terms in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
            ``(2) The term `eligible State' means a State in which the 
        student-to-school nurse ratio in public secondary schools, 
        elementary schools, and kindergarten is 1000 or more students 
        to every school nurse.
            ``(3) The term `nurse' shall have such meaning as specified 
        by the Director.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013.''.
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