Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008

To amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans.

6/20/2008--Introduced.
Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to:
(1) establish a Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program to enter into contracts with physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, psychologists, and social workers trained in geriatrics or gerontology to pay educational loans in exchange for providing full-time clinical practice and service to older adults; and
(2) establish the National Advisory Council on the Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program.
Requires the Secretary to ensure that individuals eligible for the nurse loan repayment program include registered nurses who complete specialty training in geriatrics or gerontology and who elect to provide nursing services to older adults in home and long-term care settings.
Authorizes the Secretary to award nursing education grants and enter into contracts for programs that focus on specialty training in providing long-term care services for nursing personnel who provide services in home and long-term care settings.
Requires the Secretary to establish a Health and Long-Term Care Workforce Advisory Panel to conduct a research project to identify incentives for recruitment and retention of clinicians and providers who agree to serve vulnerable older adults in geriatric and long-term care settings.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
• and 4 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.6337

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 20, 2008

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• Jun 20, 2008: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Jun 20, 2008.

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Related Bills:

• S.2708

Related Issue Areas:

• Student loan funds
• Social work
• Social services
• Scholarships
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• Physicians' assistants
• Physicians
• Nursing education
• Nursing
• Nurses
• Nurse practitioners
• Medical education
• Medical care
• Long-term care
• Home care services
• Higher education
• Gerontology
• Geriatrics
• Federal advisory bodies
• Executive departments
• Education
• Aged
• Medicine

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