S.Amdt. 2449

SA 2449. Mr. JONES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 729. STUDY ON USE OF ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS IN NURSING
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, may conduct a study
on improving the use of academic partnerships in nursing
workforce development by the Department of Defense and the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) Elements.--The study conducted under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An assessment and identification of best practices for
training of nurses and patient care by nurses.
(2) An assessment of the impact of academic affiliations
and partnerships in nursing education and nursing workforce
development on the quality of care received by active duty
members of the Armed Forces and veterans with respect to
their special health care needs.
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