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S. 497 (111th)

Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009

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Introduced

26 February 2009

Last action

26 February 2009 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2568-2569)

Sponsors

Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

Subjects

Healthcare, Education

Source updated

5 December 2025

Healthcare · Education

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Summary

Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award a grant to each eligible school of nursing to increase the number of nursing faculty and students. Requires such schools to formulate and implement a plan to accomplish at least two of specified goals, which include: (1) establishing or significantly expanding an accelerated baccalaureate degree nursing program designed to graduate new nurses in 12 to 18 months; (2) establishing cooperative interdisciplinary training between schools of nursing and other specified health related fields; (3) increasing admissions, enrollment, and retention of qualified individuals who are financially disadvantaged; (4) increasing enrollment of minority and diverse student populations; (5) increasing enrollment of new graduate baccalaureate nursing students in graduate programs that educate nurse faculty members; (6) developing post-baccalaureate residency programs to prepare nurses for practice in specialty areas where nursing shortages are more severe; and (7) increasing integration of geriatric content into the core curriculum. Requires the Comptroller General to study ways to increase participation in the nurse faculty profession and to submit a report to Congress that includes: (1) a discussion of the master's degree and doctoral degree programs that are successful in placing graduates as faculty in schools of nursing; and (2) an examination of compensation disparities throughout the nursing profession and between higher education instructional faculty generally and higher education instructional nursing faculty.

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Timeline

  1. 26 February 2009

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2568-2569)

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 26 February 2009

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2567-2568)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 26 February 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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