US Congress House Bill 5251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on March 13 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

NURSE Act Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act This bill establishes a competitive demonstration grant program through which the Department of Education (ED) shall award matching funds to increase the number of school nurses in public elementary and secondary schools served by an eligible entity. An eligible entity is a state educational agency or local educational agency (LEA) in which at least 20% of students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program. In awarding grant funds, ED shall give priority to high-need LEAs that demonstrate the greatest need for new or additional nursing services. A high-need LEA is one in which at least 40% and no fewer than 15,000 students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program.

NURSE Act Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act

Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2018-03-13	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-03-13	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-03-13	House	Introduced in House

SB2532 (Related) 2018-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5251/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5251/BILLS-115hr5251ih.pdf