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S-547Senate2025-02-12Health

Train More Nurses Act

YourVoice.Now Summary

No new training, no new money — just a study of nurse grants and a report to Congress within a year.

The details

No new nurse training would start under this bill. It orders a study instead. Health and Human Services and the Labor Department would jointly review every grant program they run that supports nurses. Within one year, the two agencies would send Congress a report on what they found. The report would suggest ways to put more nursing teachers in underserved areas. It would also cover two career paths. One is for nurses with more than 10 years of hands-on experience to become nursing school teachers. The other is for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses. Nothing in the bill creates a grant, spends money, or changes who qualifies. Any real change would take a later act of Congress.

Congressional Summary

Train More Nurses ActThis bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor to jointly report on existing grant programs that support the nurse workforce.The report must include recommendations on how to change the grant programs to (1) increase nurse faculty in underserved areas, (2) provide more pathways for experienced nurses to become faculty at schools of nursing, and (3) support pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.

Legislative Subjects

Employment and training programsNursing

Details

Congress
119th
Chamber
Senate
Status
summarized
Action
Introduced in Senate
Action Date
2025-02-12
Date Added
2026-09-02
Source
Congress.gov →

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