110 HR 6201 IH: Student to School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2008-06-05 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6201 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 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.

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Short title

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

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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: J

School nurses

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Reducing student-to-school nurse ratios

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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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