S 246
117th Congress
Senate
Health
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Medical research
Minority education
Minority employment
Nursing
Rural conditions and development
Teaching, teachers, curricula
FAAN Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act or the FAAN Act
This bill authorizes the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants to nursing schools to increase capacity to respond to public health emergencies and pandemics and otherwise enhance nursing education programs.
In awarding these grants, HRSA shall prioritize historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, schools that are located in medically underserved communities, and schools in areas with shortages of health professionals.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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