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111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2730
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 4, 2009
Mrs. McCarthy of New York (for herself, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Crenshaw, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. McMahon, Mr. Bishop of New York, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States for the purpose of reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in public secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Student-to-School Nurse Ratio
Improvement Act of 2009
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Reducing student-to-school nurse ratios
Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
School nurses
Reducing student-to-school nurse ratios
Demonstration grants
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make demonstration grants to eligible States for the purpose of reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in public secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten.
Report
Not later than 24 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the results of the demonstration grant program carried out under this section, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in improving the student-to-school nurse ratios described in subsection (a) and an evaluation of the impact of any resulting enhanced health of students on learning.
Definitions
For purposes of this section:
The terms elementary school and secondary school have the meanings given to those terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
The term eligible State means a State in which the student-to-school nurse ratio in public secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten is 1,000 or more students to every school nurse.
The term nurse means a licensed nurse.
Authorization of appropriations
To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
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