[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3685 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3685

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the authority of the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to permit nurses to practice in 
   health care facilities with critical shortages of nurses through 
        programs for loan repayment and scholarships for nurses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 29, 2018

 Mr. Young (for himself and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the authority of the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to permit nurses to practice in 
   health care facilities with critical shortages of nurses through 
        programs for loan repayment and scholarships for nurses.

    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 ``Nursing Where It's Needed Act'' or 
the ``Nurse WIN Act''.

SEC. 2. SUNSETTING THE PROHIBITION ON ASSIGNMENT OF NURSES TO CERTAIN 
              HEALTH CARE FACILITIES WITH CRITICAL SHORTAGES OF NURSES.

    Section 846(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297n(a)) 
is amended by striking the last sentence.
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