National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025
Introduced Apr 10, 2025 by Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester
It's waiting on a committee vote to reach the full chamber. Most bills never leave this stage.
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.
No floor votes yet — it hasn't reached the floor of either chamber.