Nurses

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Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 200710S. 73 (110th) Inouye
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by establishing minimum nurse staffing ratios at certain Medicare providers, and for other purposes.
Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 200720S. 446 (110th) Durbin
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students, and for other purposes.
Physician Assistants Continuity of Care Act of 200710H.R. 1178 (110th) Towns
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit a physician assistant, when delegated by a physician, to order or provide post-hospital extended care services, home health services, and hospice care under the Medicare Program.
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 200720H.R. 2122 (110th) Stark
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work in certain providers of services to which payments are made under the Medicare Program.
Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 200720H.R. 2123 (110th) Schakowsky
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.
Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 200710S. 1604 (110th) Clinton
A bill to increase the number of well-educated nurses, and for other purposes.
Nursing School Clinics Act of 2007S. 54 (110th) Inouye
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State medicaid programs.

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