Nursing School Capacity Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 2, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nursing School Capacity Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request that the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) conduct a study to: (1) identify constraints encountered by schools of nursing in admitting and graduating the number of registered nurses necessary to ensure patient safety and meet the need for quality assurance in the provision of health care; and (2) develop recommendations to alleviate the constraints on a short-term and long-term basis. Directs the Secretary to provide that the study consider the perspectives of: (1) nurses and physicians in inpatient, outpatient, and residential facilities; (2) faculty and administrators of nursing schools; (3) providers of health plans or health insurance; and (4) consumers.
Cosponsors 77
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2007 to Jun 4, 2008; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jan 24, 2007 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jan 29, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 24, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 2, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 24, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 24, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-70 | HEARING ON THE FILIPINO VETERANS EQUITY ACT OF 200790 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 11, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a study by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to identify constraints encountered by schools of nursing in admitting and graduating the number of nurses sufficient to meet the health care needs of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Nursing School Capacity Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- College entrance requirements
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Demography
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Educational statistics
- Educational technology
- Employee benefit plans
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Graduate education
- Health
- Higher education
- Labor and Employment
- Medical residents
- Nurses
- Nursing
- Nursing education
- Recruiting of employees
- Salaries
- School administration
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Teacher education
- Teacher supply and demand
- Teachers
- Technological innovations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
