Senate
Nov 6, 2009

A 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

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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.

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Introduced(11/6/09)
Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
President
Law

Sponsor

CS

Mr. Schumer

Senate (D) New York

Cosponsors (7)

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Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Nov 6, 2009