H.R. 5335 (111th): Nurses for Impoverished Schools Act

Introduced:
May 18, 2010 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
Sponsor:
Rep. James “Jim” Marshall [D-GA8]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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This bill was introduced on May 18, 2010, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

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Introduced May 18, 2010
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors (1R, 1D) (show)
Committees

House Energy and Commerce

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Full Title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of reducing the student-to-nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools.

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Last updated May 18, 2010.
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5/18/2010--Introduced.
Nurses for Impoverished Schools Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools. Defines an "eligible local education agency" as one for which: (1) not less than 20% of the students served are from families with incomes below the poverty line; and (2) the student-to-school nurse ratio in public elementary and secondary schools is 750 or more students to every school nurse.

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  • Title 20: EDUCATION
  • Chapter 70: STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
  • Subchapter IX: GENERAL PROVISIONS
  • Part A: Definitions
  • Section 7801: Definitions
  • Title 42: THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
  • Chapter 6A: PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
  • Subchapter VI: NURSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
  • Part A: General Provisions
  • Section 296: Definitions