119-S547
Train More Nurses Act
Last action was on 2-12-2025
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 547
1. Short title2. Review of and report on programs supporting the nursing workforce1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the "Train More Nurses Act".
2. Review of and report on programs supporting the nursing workforce
The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall—
(1) - conduct a review of all grant programs carried out by the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Labor that support the nurse workforce; and
(2) - not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the review under paragraph (1) that includes recommendations for changes to such grant programs to improve upon the goals of—
(A) - increasing nurse faculty, particularly in underserved areas;
(B) - providing pathways for nurses who have more than 10 years of clinical experience to become faculty at schools of nursing; and
(C) - encouraging and increasing the nursing pipeline through pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.