HR 6201
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6201
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 5, 2008
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself and Mrs. CAPPS) 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.
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 `Student to School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act
of 2008'.
SEC. 2. 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:
`PART J--SCHOOL NURSES
`SEC. 861. REDUCING STUDENT-TO-SCHOOL NURSE RATIOS.
`(a) Grants- The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to eligible States for the
purpose of reducing the student-to-school nurse ratio in public secondary
schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten.
`(b) Report- Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the results
of the grant program carried out under this section, including an evaluation
of the effectiveness of the program in improving the student-to-school nurse
rations described in subsection (a) and an evaluation of the impact of any
resulting enhanced health of students on learning.
`(c) Definitions- For purposes of this section:
`(1) 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.
`(2) The term `eligible State' means a State in which the student-to-school
nurse ratio in public secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten
is 1000 or more students to every school nurse.
`(3) The term `nurse' shall have such meaning as specified by the Director.
`(d) 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 2009 through 2013.'.
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