,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aj1 #bjae     
,mrs4 ,capps 7for herself and ,mr4      
,joyce7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend title ,,viii of the ,public       
,health ,service ,act to extend advanced
 education nursing grants to support    
clinical nurse specialist programs1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,title   
,,viii ,nursing ,workforce              
,reauthorization ,act of #bjae4  #b4    
,supporting clinical nurse specialists  
7a7 ,advanced education nursing grants  
,section #haa of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bif;j7 is 
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7b71 by   
inserting clinical nurse leaders1 before
 or public health nurses2  7#b7 by      
redesignating subsections 7f7 and 7g7 as
 subsections 7g7 and 7h71 respectively2 
and  7#c7 by inserting after subsection 

7e7 the following new subsection3  7f7  
,authorized clinical nurse specialist   
programs ,clinical nurse specialist     
programs eligible for support under this
 section are education programs that--  
7#a7 provide registered nurses with     
full-time clinical nurse specialist     
education2 and  7#b7 have as their      
objective the education of clinical     
nurse specialists who will upon         
completion of such a program be         
qualified to effectively provide care   
through the wellness and illness        
continuum to inpatients and outpatients 
experiencing acute and chronic illness4 
4  7b7 ,definition of nurse-,managed    
clinic ,section #hja of the ,public     
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bif7 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  7#ah7 ,nurse-managed    
health clinic ,the term nurse-managed   
health clinic has the meaning given to  
such term in section #ccj;,a-#a4  4  7c7
 ,national ,advisory ,council on ,nurse 
,education and ,practice ,section       

#hea7;b77#a77;,a77iv7 of the ,public    
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bigt7 is amended by striking and nurse 
anesthetists and inserting nurse        
anesthetists1 and clinical nurse        
specialists4  #c4 ,reauthorization of   
funding for nursing programs  7a7 ,in   
general ,title ,,viii of the ,public    
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bif et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in      
subsection 7i77#a7 of section #hdf 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #bign2 loan repayment and     
scholarship programs71 by striking #bjjc
 through #bjjg and inserting #bjaf      
through #bjbj2  7#b7 in subsection 7f7  
of section #hdf;,a 7#db ,u4,s4,c4       
#bign-#a2 nurse faculty loan program71  
by striking #bjaj through #bjad and     
inserting #bjaf through #bjbj2  7#c7 in 
subsection 7e7 of section #hfe 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #bih2 comprehensive geriatric 
education71 by striking #bjaj through   
#bjad and inserting #bjaf through #bjbj2
 and  7#d7 in section #hga 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #bih;d2 funding for carrying  

out parts ,b1 ,c1 and ,d71 by striking  
#cch1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjaj1 and 
such sums as may be necessary for each  
of the fiscal years #bjaa through #bjaf 
and inserting such sums as may be       
necessary for fiscal years #bjaf through
 #bjbj4  7b7 ,conforming changes  7#a7  
,section #hca of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bifp7 is  
amended-- 7,a7 in subsection 7g71 by    
striking 11 and inserting 12 and  7,b7  
by striking subsection 7h74  7#b7       
,section #hca;,a of the ,public ,health 
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bifp-#a7  
is amended by striking subsection 7g74