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Senate Bill 1045
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Nursing WIN Act
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Introduced in Senate on Apr 4, 2019
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S. 1045 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1045


To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to permit nurses to practice in health care facilities with critical shortages of nurses through programs for loan repayment and scholarships for nurses.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 4, 2019

Mr. Young (for himself and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to permit nurses to practice in health care facilities with critical shortages of nurses through programs for loan repayment and scholarships for nurses.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Nursing Where It's Needed Act” or the “Nursing WIN Act”.

SEC. 2. Sunsetting the prohibition on assignment of nurses to certain health care facilities with critical shortages of nurses.

Section 846(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297n(a)) is amended by striking the last sentence.