S. 1482 · In committee · Health

National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025

Sponsor: Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)

What it does

• Temporarily authorizes grants to state agencies, boards of nursing, nursing schools, and other eligible entities to establish or expand state-based nursing workforce centers.
• Directs the centers to conduct research, planning, and programs on nursing shortages, nursing education, and other workforce matters.
• Expands HRSA's authority to establish health workforce research centers and specifically authorizes centers focused on nursing.

Official summary

National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025 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. 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.

Latest action

Mar 19, 2026: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Committee: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions