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Requires the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the U.S. nursing workforce and capacity to educate future nurses, identify causes of shortages, review federal policies and past findings, and recommend legislative and regulatory solutions. The Council must submit a written report with findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the President, Congress, and the HHS Secretary and publish it online within one year of enactment.
The bill directs a Council to produce evidence-based recommendations to strengthen the nursing workforce—potentially improving staffing, education capacity, rural access, and workforce diversity—while relying only on nonbinding recommendations and a one-year report timeline that may delay or prevent concrete action.
Hospitals, health systems, nurses, and patients: a federal Council will produce evidence-based recommendations designed to increase nursing supply and improve staffing and patient care quality.
Prospective nursing students and training institutions: the Council's proposals could expand nursing education capacity and create more training slots.
Rural and underserved communities: recommended incentives could encourage more nurses to work in low-access areas, improving local access to care.
Healthcare workers, patients, and health systems: the bill only requires recommendations, not funding or mandatory policy changes, so proposed solutions may not be implemented.
Hospitals, health systems, and nurses: the one-year timeline for producing the report could delay urgent workforce measures needed during current shortages.
Federal employees and taxpayers: producing an extensive report risks duplicating prior work and consuming staff time and resources without delivering new outcomes.
Introduced May 13, 2025 by Jim Costa · Last progress May 13, 2025