US Congress House Bill 959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 84-21-1)
Status: Engrossed on July 24 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-07-24 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend through FY2022 support for nursing workforce programs and grants. Eligibility for advanced nursing education grants is expanded to include education programs for clinical nurse leaders and all combined registered nurse and graduate degree programs. (Clinical nurse leaders are advanced generalist clinicians who apply research and coordinate care in order to improve outcomes for patients.) To be eligible for these grants, clinical nurse specialist programs must provide registered nurses with full-time clinical nurse specialist education that qualifies the nurses to provide a full range of care. Programs for loan repayment and scholarships for nurses, loans for nursing faculty, and geriatric care education are extended through FY2022. Grants for increasing nursing workforce diversity are also extended through FY2022. Nurse education, practice, and quality grants are extended through FY2022 and eligibility is expanded to include nurse-managed health clinics. Grants for nursing career ladder programs are expanded to: (1) promote career advancement for individuals to become registered nurses or advanced education nurses; and (2) support internships and residency programs to encourage mentoring and the development of specialties.

Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2018

Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]
Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Steve Russell [R-OK]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-07-24	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2018-07-23	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-07-23	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6605-6607)
2018-07-23	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 959.
2018-07-23	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6605-6608)
2018-07-23	House	Mr. Burgess moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2018-07-12	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2018-07-12	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2018-06-27	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
2018-06-27	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-02-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-02-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-02-07	House	Introduced in House

SB1109 (Same As) 2017-05-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/959/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr959/BILLS-115hr959ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr959/BILLS-115hr959eh.pdf