HR 17085 · 93th Congress · Health
Nurse Training Act
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EnactedLatest: Pocket vetoed by President.(1975-01-04)
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Nurse Training Act - Title I: Construction Assistance - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction or rehabilitation of nursing schools and loan guarantees and interest subsidies through fiscal year 1977. Title II: Capitation Grants - States that each collegiate school of nursing shall receive $400 for each student enrolled in each of the last two years of such school. Provides capitation grants for other schools of nursing and authorizes appropriations for such grants. Title III: Financial Distress Grants - Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public or non-profit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits. Prescribes the procedures for the making of such grants and authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for the grants. Title IV: Special Project Assistance - Empowers the Secretary to make grants to schools of nursing and other entities to meet the costs of special projects, including: (1) to increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (2) to provide continuing education for nurses; and (3) to increase the supply or distribution by geographic area or by specialty g…
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