Train More Nurses Act

Introduced Feb 12, 2025Latest action Mar 19, 2026Health

Plain-English summary

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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Issue relevance

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Healthcare

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Susan M. Collins

Cosponsor · Republican · ME

Katie Boyd Britt

Cosponsor · Republican · AL

Catherine Cortez Masto

Cosponsor · Democratic · NV

Jacky Rosen

Sponsor · Democratic · NV

No linked House roll-call vote is available yet. Senate votes are not currently synchronized.

Official Subjects

HealthEmployment and training programsNursing

Action Timeline

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

Sources & text

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