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The bill creates a transparent federal review to identify ways to strengthen the nursing workforce and education pipeline, but it may delay immediate action and offers no guaranteed funding or required implementation of its recommendations.
Healthcare workers, hospitals, and patients (especially in rural and underserved areas): a federal review could identify policy changes to increase the nursing workforce, ease staffing shortages, reduce burnout, and improve access to care.
Students and prospective nurses: assessing educational capacity could lead to expanded nursing education support and more training slots, increasing the pipeline of future nurses.
The public and policymakers: requiring a report to Congress, the President, HHS, and public posting increases transparency and accountability around nursing workforce recommendations.
Healthcare workers and hospitals: conducting a study that can take up to a year may delay immediate policy responses to urgent staffing shortages.
Healthcare workers, students, and underserved communities: the bill only requires recommendations and does not provide funding or mandate implementation, so improvements depend on follow-up action by Congress or HHS.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Directs the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice to study nursing workforce capacity, causes of shortages, and federal policy and to report recommendations within one year.
Introduced May 13, 2025 by Jim Costa · Last progress May 13, 2025
Directs the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice to conduct a comprehensive review of the U.S. nursing workforce and federal policies that affect nursing education, workforce diversity, and incentives to practice in underserved areas. The Council must avoid duplicating existing evaluations, complete the review, and submit a public report with findings and legislative and regulatory recommendations to the President, Congress, and the HHS Secretary within one year of enactment.