Train More Nurses Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Train More Nurses Act requires the Health and Human Services Secretary and the Labor Secretary to jointly review every HHS or Labor grant program that supports the nursing workforce. Within one year, they must report to Congress with recommendations to improve grant programs around three goals: increasing nurse faculty, especially in underserved areas; creating pathways for nurses with more than 10 years of clinical experience to become faculty at schools of nursing; and encouraging the nursing pipeline through pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses. The bill does not itself create new grants, but it directs agencies to map and improve existing workforce programs.
Who Benefits and How
Nursing schools benefit if the review identifies grant changes that help recruit faculty, especially in underserved areas. Experienced clinical nurses benefit from potential pathways into teaching roles at schools of nursing. Licensed practical nurses benefit from federal attention to practical-nurse-to-registered-nurse pipeline pathways. Underserved communities benefit if nurse faculty and training capacity expand where shortages are most acute.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HHS health workforce offices must inventory grant programs, assess gaps, and develop recommendations. Labor workforce grant offices must coordinate with HHS and contribute to the report within one year. Congressional health committees must evaluate agency recommendations before changing grant structures. Federal taxpayers bear the cost of agency review and any future program expansions recommended by the report.
Key Provisions
- Requires HHS and Labor to review all grant programs supporting the nursing workforce.
- Requires a congressional report within one year.
- Requires recommendations to increase nurse faculty, particularly in underserved areas.
- Requires attention to nurses with more than 10 years of clinical experience becoming faculty.
- Requires practical-nurse-to-registered-nurse pipeline recommendations.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires HHS and Labor to review federal grant programs supporting the nursing workforce and report within one year on ways to increase nurse faculty and nursing career pipelines.
Key Policy Areas
Health Workforce, Nursing, Federal Grants
Primary Purpose
Requires HHS and Labor to review federal grant programs supporting the nursing workforce and report within one year on ways to increase nurse faculty and nursing career pipelines.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Nursing schools
- Experienced clinical nurses
- Licensed practical nurses
- Underserved communities
Identified Costs
- HHS health workforce offices
- Labor workforce grant offices
- Congressional health committees
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself, Ms. Lee of Nevada, …
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Experienced clinical nurses, Licensed practical nurses
HHS health workforce offices, Labor workforce grant offices
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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