National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025

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D Blunt RochesterSponsor

4 cosponsors · 2 D, 2 R

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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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 10, 2025

National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025

Latest action (Mar 19, 2026): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 10, 2025

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.