Nurse Education Promotion Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to: (1) associate degree schools of nursing for nursing student recruitment and scholarships and for nursing faculty hiring; and (2) professional nursing organizations, including nursing union chapters, for cooperative programs of continuing education for nurses with associate degrees to pursue baccalaureate degrees or receive training in understaffed and critical specialties.
Actions
May 17, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 7, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 7, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E729)