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HR 1928 111th Congress House

Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act of 2009

Official title: To increase home healthcare services, particularly for underserved and at-risk populations, by assisting visiting nurse associations and other non-profit home … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To increase home healthcare services, particularly for underserved and at-risk populations, by assisting visiting nurse associations and other non-profit home health agencies to improve training and workforce development for home healthcare nurses, promoting and facilitating academic-practice collaborations, and enhancing recruitment and retention of home healthcare nurses.

Introduced: April 21, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health Education programs fundingHealth programs administration and fundingHome and outpatient careMedical education
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This bill died when the 111th Congress ended
It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Apr 21, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 2, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 2, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 21, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) define "visiting nurse association" for purposes of the Act; (2) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to visiting nurse associations to provide training in home health care to nurses who are hired to provide such care and have no recent nursing work experience in home health care; (3) direct the Secretary to establish a pilot program to make grants to accredited schools of nursing to develop and implement curricula on home health care and report to Congress on such pilot program; and (4) extend the nursing workforce development loan repayment and scholarship program to nurses who work for a visiting nurse association.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2
Space, Zachary
· Oct 22, 2009
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 13, 2009
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 21, 2009
BONO MACK, MARY
· Apr 2, 2009
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Apr 2, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1928: Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1928/
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"H.R. 1928: Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1928/.
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H.R. 1928, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1928/.
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