FAAN Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill creates grants for schools of nursing in underserved areas to expand capacity, modernize infrastructure, strengthen the nursing workforce, and improve emergency preparedness.
Who Benefits and How
Schools of nursing, nursing students, and underserved communities could gain federal support to grow faculty, modernize training, and address workforce shortages.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Health Resources and Services Administration officials would need to administer the grant program and grantees would face reporting obligations.
Key Provisions
- Creates nursing education enhancement and modernization grants in underserved areas.
- Prioritizes underserved, shortage, rural, and similar schools of nursing.
- Allows grants for faculty, student retention, clinical partnerships, technology, curriculum, and research training.
- Requires annual grantee reports and a later congressional report.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill creates grants for schools of nursing in underserved areas to expand capacity, modernize infrastructure, strengthen the nursing workforce, and improve emergency preparedness.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Education, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill creates grants for schools of nursing in underserved areas to expand capacity, modernize infrastructure, strengthen the nursing workforce, and improve emergency preparedness.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Schools of nursing and nursing students in underserved or shortage areas
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Health Resources and Services Administration officials administering the nursing grants
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Schools of nursing eligible for enhancement and modernization grants in underserved areas
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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