NURSE REPRESENTATION ON POLICYMAKING COMMITTEES.

SEC. 224. NURSE REPRESENTATION ON POLICYMAKING COMMITTEES. (a) Inclusion of Facility Chief of Nursing.— Section 4112 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) The Administrator shall require that the Chief of the Nursing Service (or the designee of the Chief) at each Veteran’ Administration health-care facility be included in the membership of each policymaking committee at that facility. Such committees include (1) committees relating to matters such as budget, education, position management, clinical executive issues, planning, and resource allocation, and (2) the dean’s committee or other advisory committee established under subsection (b) of this section,”. (b) Technical Amendment.— Subsection (b) of such section is amended in the first sentence by striking out “deans committee” and inserting in lieu thereof “dean’s committee”.