Summary

Expands federal authority to support nursing workforce centers by adding grant and contract criteria, authorizing specific analysis, reporting, and technical assistance activities, and defining “nursing workforce center.” It also updates organizational provisions in Title VII to accommodate the new part and broadens a statutory cross-reference to apply “under this Act.” The bill specifies minimum-award considerations (favoring entities with state-level center experience and data/analytic capacity), lists permissible deliverables (regional/national reports, peer-reviewed articles, policy briefs, program evaluation, rapid analysis), and authorizes technical assistance (standardized data methods, training, collaborative strategy development, and a public website/repository). No new appropriation or explicit funding amount is provided in the text supplied.

Key Points

• Adds a new, structured Part G into Title VII to accommodate nursing workforce center activities and redesignates the prior Part G as Part H.
• Broadens a statutory cross-reference from "under this title" to "under this Act."
• Requires at least one grant or contract may be awarded to an eligible entity with state-level center experience and strong data/analytic capabilities.
• Authorizes specific analysis and reporting outputs including regional/national reports, peer-reviewed articles, policy briefs, program evaluations, and rapid analyses.
• Authorizes technical assistance such as standardized data methods, collaborative strategy development, staff training, and an accessible public website/repository.
• Adds a statutory definition of "nursing workforce center" tied to the funding authority.
• Does not itself appropriate funds or set funding amounts, deadlines, or administrative agencies in the provided text.

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