Appropriations

• Fact Sheet: Appropriations for Nurse Practitioner Educational Programs and Traineeships - Discusses the need for federal funding of NP educational programs and scholarships, AANP, 2012
• Appropriations Sample Letter - AANP, 2013
• Health Professions Programs: Building the Health Care Workforce to Meet the Nation's Growing Health Care Needs, FY 2013 Brochure - PDF - Discusses the Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition's (HPNEC) recommendations for increasing funding for the Title VII and Title VIII programs in 2013, HPNEC, 2013

2013 Appropriations Bills on the Move

The Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved its HHS bill for fiscal year 2013 ( begins October 2012). In this bill Title VIII  and the National Institute for Nursing Research have been level funded for the coming fiscal year and includes  Report Language recommending  that $5 million be reserved for nurse managed centers.

Likewise the House Appropriations Committee has approved their bill which calls for level funding for the National Institute for Nursing Research and is reported to include a $14 million cut for Title VIII programs, discontinuance of AHECs and elimination of  funding for the ACA which would eliminate the Prevention and Public Health Fund.  Details of line item funding are not yet available. - AANP, July 20, 2012

• Senate Bill Summary
• House Bill Summary