Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act of 2009
Latest action · Apr 21, 2009 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.
- IntroducedApr 2, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) define "visiting nurse association" for purposes of the Act; (2) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to visiting nurse associations to provide training in home health care to nurses who are hired to provide such care and have no recent nursing work experience in home health care; (3) direct the Secretary to establish a pilot program to make grants to accredited schools of nursing to develop and implement curricula on home health care and report to Congress on such pilot program; and (4) extend the nursing workforce development loan repayment and scholarship program to nurses who work for a visiting nurse association.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 2, 2009 to Oct 22, 2009, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Apr 2, 2009 |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Original | Apr 2, 2009 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Apr 2, 2009 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Apr 2, 2009 |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Original | Apr 2, 2009 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | May 13, 2009 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Jul 7, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Sep 9, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Sep 21, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Oct 22, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 2, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 2, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2009Introduced in House
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