Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This bill requires the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Labor to jointly review all HHS and DOL grant programs that support the nursing workforce. Within one year of enactment they must report to Congress with recommendations to increase nurse faculty (especially in underserved areas), create pathways for nurses with over 10 years clinical experience to become faculty, and expand pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.
Supportive consensus on study, but disagreement on need for immediate funding
Substantively noncontroversial but many simple bills stall in committee or require floor time.
This bill requires the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Labor to jointly review all HHS and DOL grant programs that support the nursing workforce.
Within one year of enactment they must report to Congress with recommendations to increase nurse faculty (especially in underserved areas), create pathways for nurses with over 10 years clinical experience to become faculty, and expand pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.
The bill mandates a review and recommendations; it does not itself authorize funding or regulatory changes.
Low controversy and no fiscal mandates raise plausibility, but many study/report bills still fail to advance.
How solid the drafting looks.
Supportive consensus on study, but disagreement on need for immediate funding
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Supportive consensus on study, but disagreement on need for immediate funding
Likely supportive of the bill's goals to expand the nursing pipeline and boost faculty in underserved areas.
Concerned that the bill only requires a study and recommendations rather than immediate funding or stronger measures on pay, diversity, and retention.
Favors the bill as a pragmatic, low-cost step to analyze workforce programs and create actionable recommendations.
Wants clarity on costs, stakeholder input, and that the study avoid duplicating existing work.
Generally supportive because it is limited to a federal review and report, avoiding immediate regulatory mandates or spending.
Wary that the report could be used to justify expanded federal programs or new mandates on states and employers.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Low controversy and no fiscal mandates raise plausibility, but many study/report bills still fail to advance.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Supportive consensus on study, but disagreement on need for immediate funding
Low controversy and no fiscal mandates raise plausibility, but many study/report bills still fail to advance.
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