S547
Hearing scheduled
Train More Nurses Act
- Federal
- Senate
- Introduced Feb 12, 2025
- Session 119
Bill Text
Version ISThis Act may be cited as the Train More Nurses Act.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall—
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
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—
increasing nurse faculty, particularly in underserved areas;
providing pathways for nurses who have more than 10 years of clinical experience to become faculty at schools of nursing; and
encouraging and increasing the nursing pipeline through pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall—
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
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—
increasing nurse faculty, particularly in underserved areas;
providing pathways for nurses who have more than 10 years of clinical experience to become faculty at schools of nursing; and
encouraging and increasing the nursing pipeline through pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.
Legislative Timeline
3 actions-
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
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Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.