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S. 547 119th Congress Senate

Train More Nurses Act

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study and issue a report on grant programs to support the nursing workforce.

Introduced: February 12, 2025 Introduced by: Jacky Rosen Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
Health Employment and training programsNursing
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 19, 2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Feb 12, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

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Train More Nurses Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor to jointly report on existing grant programs that support the nurse workforce.

The report must include recommendations on how to change the grant programs to (1) increase nurse faculty in underserved areas, (2) provide more pathways for experienced nurses to become faculty at schools of nursing, and (3) support pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.

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