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Nurse Reinvestment Act

1/16/2023, 3:03 PM

Congressional Summary of S 706

Nurse Reinvestment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for nurse education training payments to qualified entities.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to temporarily increase the matching rate for Medicaid nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the exclusion from gross income of amounts received under the National Nursing Service Corps Scholarship Program.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop and issue public service announcements that advertise and promote the nursing profession, highlight the advantages and rewards of nursing, and encourage individuals from diverse communities and backgrounds to enter the nursing profession; and (2) award grants to designated eligible educational entities in order to increase the number of nurses. Authorizes appropriations.

Establishes a National Nurse Service Corps Scholarship program that provides scholarships to individuals seeking nursing education in exchange for service by such individuals in areas with nursing shortages. Authorizes appropriations.

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Current Status of Bill S 706

Bill S 706 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since April 5, 2001. Bill S 706 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on April 5, 2001.  Bill S 706's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. as of April 5, 2001

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 706

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
38
Democrat Cosponsors
31
Republican Cosponsors
7
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 706

Primary Policy Focus

Health

Potential Impact Areas

- Access to health care
- Administrative procedure
- Career education
- Clinics
- Community health services
- Compensatory education
- Continuing education
- Curricula
- Day care
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Distance education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational counseling
- Elementary and secondary education
- English language
- Families
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to nursing education
- Geriatric nursing
- Gerontology
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Hawaiians
- Health maintenance organizations
- Higher education
- Home care services
- Hospices (Terminal care)
- Hospital personnel
- Housing and Community Development
- Income tax
- Indian medical care
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Managed care
- Mathematics
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare managed care
- Minorities
- Minorities in medicine
- Minority education
- Minority health
- Nurses
- Nursing
- Nursing homes
- Paramedical education
- Paramedical personnel
- Personal income tax
- Public health personnel
- Public service advertising
- Rural education
- Rural health
- Rural hospitals
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Social Welfare
- Tax exclusion
- Taxation
- Teaching hospitals

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 706

Nurse Reinvestment Act
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish programs to alleviate the nursing profession shortage, and for other purposes.
Nurse Reinvestment Act

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Sponsors and Cosponsors of S 706

John F. Kerry
John F. Kerry
MassachusettsDemocrat
Paul D. Wellstone
Paul D. Wellstone
MinnesotaIndependent
Robert G. Torricelli
Robert G. Torricelli
New JerseyIndependent
Gordon H. Smith
Gordon H. Smith
OregonIndependent
Debbie Stabenow
Debbie Stabenow
MichiganDemocrat
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter
PennsylvaniaDemocrat

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