Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act of 2007

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize programs to increase the number of nurse faculty and to increase the domestic nursing and physical therapy workforce, and for other purposes.

6/14/2007--Introduced.
Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program to ensure an adequate supply of nurse faculty through awarding grants to eligible entities to:
(1) hire new faculty, retain existing faculty, and purchase educational resources;
(2) increase enrollment and graduation rates for students from doctoral programs; and
(3) assist graduates in serving as nurse faculty in schools of nursing. Requires the Comptroller General to report on activities to increase participation in the nurse educator program. Requires the Secretary to establish a program to provide Geriatric Academic Career Awards to promote the career development of eligible individuals as geriatric nurse faculty. Requires the Secretary to establish a Nurse and Physical Therapist Distance Education Pilot Program to award grants for activities to increase accessibility to nursing and physical therapy education, including to:
(1) assist individuals in rural areas who want to study nursing or physical therapy;
(2) promote the study of nursing and physical therapy at all educational levels;
(3) establish additional slots for nursing and physical therapy students at existing schools and programs; and
(4) establish new nursing and physical therapy education programs at institutions of higher education Requires the Secretary to:
(1) report on the country of origin or professional school of origin of newly licensed nurses and physical therapists in each state; and
(2) contract with the Institute of Medicine to study the nursing and physical therapy workforce.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Norm Coleman [R, MN]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
  • Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1628

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 14, 2007

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• Jun 14, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Jun 14, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7745)
• Introduced on Jun 14, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Medicine
• Aged
• Budgets
• College teachers
• 16 more
• Congress
• Congressional investigations
• Distance education
• Education
• Federal aid to education
• Geriatrics
• Governmental investigations
• Higher education
• Medical care
• Mentoring
• Minorities
• Minorities in medicine
• Minority education
• Nurses
• Nursing education
• Physical therapy

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