Sponsors (9)
The bill creates a transparent, evidence-seeking process to identify ways to expand and diversify the nursing workforce and improve care in underserved areas, but it provides no funding and relies on future adoption of recommendations, so benefits depend on follow-up action.
Hospitals, nurses, and patients: the bill directs an advisory council to identify and recommend actions to expand nurse training, recruitment, and retention, which could help reduce staffing shortages and improve care quality.
Students and nursing programs (especially underrepresented applicants): the report could spur increased federal support for nursing education and diversity initiatives, improving access to training and a more diverse pipeline of nurses.
Rural and low-income communities: the study will identify incentives to encourage nurses to work in underserved areas, potentially improving local access to care.
Hospitals, nurses, and patients: the bill only mandates a study and report and provides no direct funding, so it will not immediately resolve staffing shortages or expand training capacity.
Nurses and patients: recommendations in the report may not be adopted or implemented, meaning proposed improvements could be delayed or never materialize.
Federal employees and health systems: preparing the study/report consumes agency and advisory council time and resources that might otherwise be used for immediate programmatic actions.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the federal nursing advisory council to evaluate nursing workforce capacity and recommend legislative and regulatory solutions, with a report due in one year.
Requires the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice to evaluate U.S. nursing workforce capacity and the causes of the nursing shortage, assess nursing education capacity and federal policies that affect the workforce, and produce recommendations for legislative and regulatory solutions. The Council must build on existing work to avoid duplication and submit a written report to the President, Congress, and the HHS Secretary and publish it online within one year of enactment.
Official title: To require the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice to examine and report on the growing nursing shortage across the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced May 13, 2025 by Jim Costa · Last progress May 13, 2025