[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8330 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8330

     To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase access to 
      accelerated nursing degree programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2024

    Ms. Stevens (for herself and Mr. Joyce of Ohio) 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 increase access to 
      accelerated nursing degree programs, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Stop Nurse Shortages Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCELERATED NURSING DEGREE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 831(a) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 296p(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) creating, expanding, or supporting an accelerated 
        nursing degree program at a school of nursing (including by 
        hiring and retaining faculty and preceptors, increasing the 
        number of clinical training sites, and offering student 
        financial assistance) to increase the number of graduating 
        nurses, including graduates who are from disadvantaged 
        backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities 
        underrepresented among registered nurses and advanced practice 
        registered nurses).''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 871 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 298d) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c) Accelerated Nursing Degree Programs.--In addition to amounts 
made available under paragraph (1), for the purpose of carrying out 
section 831(a)(3), there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.''.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 4 years after the date on 
which the first grant or contract is made under paragraph (3) of 
section 831(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296p(a)), as 
added by subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate a report on--
            (1) the number of nursing students, disaggregated by 
        grantee, who enrolled at institutions receiving grants under 
        such paragraph (3);
            (2) the number of nursing students who graduated from such 
        institutions; and
            (3) the number of accelerated nursing degree programs 
        established by such grants.
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