1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2017 . 2. Supporting clinical nurse specialists (a) Advanced education nursing grants Section 811 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 296j ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking R.N./Master’s and inserting R.N./graduate ; and (B) by inserting clinical nurse leaders, before or public health nurses ; (2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection: (f) Authorized clinical nurse specialist programs Clinical nurse specialist programs eligible for support under this section are education programs that— (1) provide registered nurses with full-time clinical nurse specialist education