TRAINEESHIPS FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONAL NURSES.

SEC. 711. TRAINEESHIPS FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONAL NURSES. (a) Traineeships for Certain Part-Time Students in Advanced Nursing Programs.—Section 830 (42 U.S.C. 297) is amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: “(c)(1) The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit private schools of nursing to cover the costs of traineeships for students— “(A) who are enrolled at least half-time in programs offering a masters degree in nursing; and “(B) who agree to complete the requirements for degrees from such programs not later than the end of the academic year during which the student is to receive the traineeship. “(2) In making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications for traineeship programs that educate nursing students to serve in and prepare for practice as nurse practitioners, clinical specialists, or nurse midwives.”. (b) Authorization of Appropriations for Traineeship Programs.—Section 830 (42 U.S.C. 297) is amended by amending subsection (d) (as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section) to read as follows: “(d)(1) (A) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (c), there are authorized to be appropriated $13,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. “(B) Of the amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall make available not less than 25 percent to carry out subsection (c). “(2) For the purposes of subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated $1,100,000 for each of the fiscal years 1989 through 1991.”.