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.
Nursing Where It's Needed Act or the Nurse WIN Act This bill repeals the prohibition under the Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program that restricts nurses in the program from working for private entities that are not nonprofits.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Health
Education programs fundingHealth care coverage and accessHealth facilities and institutionsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingMedical educationNursingStudent aid and college costs
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.
USA115th CongressS-3685| Senate
| Updated: 11/29/2018
Nursing Where It's Needed Act or the Nurse WIN Act This bill repeals the prohibition under the Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program that restricts nurses in the program from working for private entities that are not nonprofits.
Education programs fundingHealth care coverage and accessHealth facilities and institutionsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingMedical educationNursingStudent aid and college costs