Congress 107 - HR 1436 - Nurse Reinvestment Act

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Access to health care Advertising Career education Clinics Commerce Compensatory education Continuing education Curriculum planning Day care Distance education Economics and Public Finance Education Educational counseling Educational technology Elementary and secondary education English language Families Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to nursing education Geriatric nursing Gerontology Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health Health maintenance organizations Higher education Home care services Hospices (Terminal care) Hospitals Housing and Community Development Income tax Indian medical care Intergovernmental fiscal relations Labor and Employment Long-term care Mathematics Medicaid Medical associations Medical fees Medicare Mentoring Minorities Minorities in medicine Minority education Nonprofit hospitals Nurse practitioners Nurses Nursing Nursing homes Nursing students Paramedical education Paramedical personnel Personal income tax Public health personnel Public hospitals Public service advertising Recruiting of employees Rural education Rural health Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Social Welfare Student loan funds Tax exclusion Taxation Teacher education Transportation and Public Works Travel costs

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Nurse Reinvestment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop and issue public service announcements that advertise and promote the nursing profession, highlight the advantages and rewards of nursing, and encourage individuals from diverse communities and backgrounds to enter the nursing profession; and (2) award grants to designated eligible entities in order to increase the number of nurses. Establishes a fast-track nursing school faculty training program.

Establishes a National Nurse Service Corps Scholarship program that provides scholarships to individuals seeking nursing education in exchange for service by such individuals in areas with nursing shortages.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the exclusion from gross income of accounts received under the National Nursing Service Corps Scholarship Program.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for nurse education training payments to qualified entities.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to temporarily increase the matching rate for Medicaid nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs.

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Apr 25, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 24, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 4, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 4, 2001

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