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National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to support and stabilize the existing nursing workforce, establish programs to increase the number of nurses, and for other purposes.
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- Passed House
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- Became law
Summary
National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025
This 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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Mar 19, 2026 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- Apr 10, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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