U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) recently introduced the
National Nursing Workforce Center Act (S. 1482) in the 119th Congress. This bipartisan legislation would help address nursing workforce shortages across the nation by supporting nursing workforce centers in almost every state.
The National Nursing Workforce Center Act would do three things:
- Make a small technical correction to enable the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish a federal nursing-focused health workforce research and technical assistance center;
- Establish a pilot program through HRSA to support state-based nursing workforce centers; and
- Deliver reports assessing the impact of this partnership and if and how it should be expanded nationwide.
Senator Rochester’s press statement with more details, including the full bill text and one-page summary, is
now available.