Senate
Nov 6, 2009A 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.
Summary
Official
Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make demonstration grants to states in which the student-to-school nurse ratio in public secondary schools, elementary schools, and kindergarten is 750 or more students to every school nurse to reduce such ratio.
Bill Progress
Bill has been introduced and assigned a number
Introduced(11/6/09)
Committee
Passed
House
Passed
Senate
President
Law
Sponsor
CS
Mr. Schumer
Senate (D) New York
Cosponsors (7)
Topics
Latest Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 6, 2009