Two workforce-related bills were recently introduced on the Hill.
This bill, amongst other provisions, would make nonprofit nursing school tuition free for any student who wants to become a nurse. It would also invest over $5 billion in medical, nursing and dental schools to increase enrollment, recruit and retain faculty, modernize clinical and classroom spaces and more and provide $20,000 relocation grants to doctors, dentists and nurses who agree to practice in rural communities. More on this bill can be found in Senator Sanders’ press release
here.
Next, Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Ranking Member Danny K. Davis (D-IL) recently led a group of lawmakers to re-introduce legislation,
The Pathways to Health Careers Act (H.R. 5370), that will modernize and reauthorize the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) program. The HPOG program aims to prevent health care worker shortages by providing job seekers a direct pathway to these in-demand health industry careers. The full bill text can be found
here.
AHCA/NCAL will keep its members informed of any relevant updates in relation to these two workforce-focused bills.