,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahgd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself1 ,ms4   
,collins1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mrs4          
,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4      
,coons1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,kelly1 
,mr4 ,schiff1 and ,ms4 ,murkowski7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
to reauthorize certain nursing workforce
 development programs1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,title ,,viii       
,nursing ,workforce ,reauthorization    
,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,advanced nursing   
education grants ,section #haa of the   
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bif;j7 is amended-- 7#a7 in  
subsection 7a77#b71 by striking         
programs4 and inserting the following3  
8programs1 including individuals        

enrolled in--  7,a7 authorized nurse    
practitioner programs described in      
subsection 7c72  7,b7 authorized        
nurse-midwifery programs described in   
subsection 7d72  7,c7 authorized nurse  
anesthesia programs described in        
subsection 7e72 and  7,d7 authorized    
clinical nurse specialist programs      
described in subsection 7f74  2  7#b7 in
 subsection 7d7-- 7,a7 in paragraph     
7#a71 by striking midwives and inserting
 nurse-midwives2 and  7,b7 in paragraph 
7#b71 by striking ,american ,college of 
,nurse-,midwives2 and  7#c7 in          
subsection 7h77#a77;,a71 by striking    
fees and inserting fees1 including costs
 for clinical education and preceptors14
  #c4 ,strengthening capacity for nurse 
education and practice  7a7 ,in general 
,part ,d of title ,,viii of the ,public 
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bifp et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in the 
part heading1 by striking basic2 and    
7#b7 in section #hca 7#db ,u4,s4,c4     
#bifp7-- 7,a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7i7 in

 paragraph 7#a71 by striking or after   
the semicolon2  7ii7 in paragraph 7#b71 
by striking methodologies4 and inserting
 methodologies1 audiovisual or other    
equipment1 simulation and augmented     
reality resources1 telehealth           
technologies1 and virtual and physical  
laboratories2 or2 and  7iii7 by adding  
at the end the following3  7#c7         
increasing the number of faculty and    
students at schools of nursing in order 
to address nursing workforce shortages4 
2 and  7,b7 in subsection 7b7-- 7i7 in  
paragraph 7#b71 by striking and         
survivors of domestic violence and      
inserting survivors of domestic         
violence1 and survivors of sexual       
assault2  7ii7 in paragraph 7#c71 by    
striking or after the semicolon2  7iii7 
in paragraph 7#d71 by striking the      
period and inserting 2 or2 and  7iv7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7#e7  
partnering with a health care facility1 
nurse-managed health clinic1 community  
health center1 or other facility that   

provides health care in order to provide
 education opportunities for the purpose
 of establishing or expanding clinical  
education4  4  7b7 ,conforming amendment
 ,section #hjf7;f77#b77;,c7 of the      
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bif;e7f77#b77;,c77 is amended
 by striking basic4  #d4 ,authorization 
of appropriations ,section #hga of the  
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bih;d7 is amended-- 7#a7 in  
subsection 7a71 by striking #acg1hcg1jjj
 for each of fiscal years #bjba through 
#bjbe and inserting #ahd1ccg1jjj for    
each of fiscal years #bjbf through      
#bjcj2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7b71 by  
striking #aag1ace1jjj for each of the   
fiscal years #bjba through #bjbe and    
inserting #aba1ace1jjj for each of      
fiscal years #bjbf through #bjcj4