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Workers & JobsTransparency & AccountabilityUp to $1,500,000 a year would fund state nursing workforce centers for two years — most households would see no change.
Workers & Jobs
Health officials could award two-year grants to state agencies, nursing boards, nonprofits, and nursing schools to run these centers. The money would come out of funds the federal health workforce agency already has, and each winner would put up at least $1 for every $4 in federal money.
Centers could run programs to attract and keep nursing school faculty, with raising enrollment as the stated goal. They could also study faculty pay, how many students finish, and how many clinical training slots exist.
Grant money could pay for career counseling and mentoring for people getting the schooling and training nursing requires. The same help could go to nurses who want to move up in the field.
Transparency & Accountability
Federally funded workforce research centers already report their data to the public. The bill would name nursing supply, demand, and training as things they can cover, through free publications and a public online library of tools.
The test program would run two years, and the set-aside money covers only 2026 and 2027. Congress would have to act again to keep the centers funded after that.
More about this bill
Most people would see no change in daily life. States and nursing schools could apply for federal grants to run nursing workforce centers. These centers would study why nurses leave and how to train more of them. Health officials would have to start the two-year test program within a year after the law passes. Up to $1,500,000 a year would be set aside for 2026 and 2027. That money would come from funds the federal health workforce agency already has. Centers could spend the grants on more than research. They could help nursing schools keep teachers, so the schools can seat more students. They could also offer career counseling and mentoring to people entering the field. Each grant would last two years. The winner would have to put up at least $1 of its own for every $4 in federal money. Health officials would report to Congress each year on how the grants worked. The bill would also widen the health programs that federally funded workforce researchers track. Their reports and fact sheets on nursing would be free to read.
Congressional Summary
National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025This bill temporarily authorizes grants to state agencies, state boards of nursing, nursing schools, or other eligible entities for establishing or expanding state-based nursing workforce centers that carry out research, planning, and programs to address nursing shortages, nursing education, and other matters affecting the nursing workforce.Also, the bill expands the authority of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish health workforce research centers and specifically authorizes HRSA to establish centers focused on nursing.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-04-10
- Date Added
- 2026-09-03
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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