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This bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor to work together to review federal grant programs that support the nursing workforce. Within one year after the bill becomes law, they would have to send Congress a report with recommendations for improving those programs. The goal is to help grow the nursing workforce by increasing the number of nurse teachers, creating better paths for experienced nurses to become instructors, and helping more licensed practical nurses move up to become registered nurses.
- It orders a review of all grant programs run by HHS or the Labor Department that help support nurses and nursing education.
- The report to Congress must include suggested changes to make these programs work better.
- One main focus is increasing the number of nurse faculty, especially in areas that have fewer health care workers.
- The bill also looks for ways to help nurses with more than 10 years of clinical experience become teachers, and to create stronger paths for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.
Official Summaries
Train More Nurses Act
This 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.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 547 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 547
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary
of Labor to conduct a study and issue a report on grant programs to
support the nursing workforce.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 12, 2025
Ms. Rosen (for herself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary
of Labor to conduct a study and issue a report on grant programs to
support the nursing workforce.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Train More Nurses Act''.
SEC. 2. REVIEW OF AND REPORT ON PROGRAMS SUPPORTING THE NURSING
WORKFORCE.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of
Labor, jointly, shall--
(1) conduct a review of all grant programs carried out by
the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department
of Labor that support the nurse workforce; and
(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, submit to Congress a report on the review under
paragraph (1) that includes recommendations for changes to such
grant programs to improve upon the goals of--
(A) increasing nurse faculty, particularly in
underserved areas;
(B) providing pathways for nurses who have more
than 10 years of clinical experience to become faculty
at schools of nursing; and
(C) encouraging and increasing the nursing pipeline
through pathways for licensed practical nurses to
become registered nurses.
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