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Makes changes to existing public health law to require and support stronger nursing workforce data analysis and technical assistance for organizations that get certain grants or contracts. It requires at least one grantee or contractor to have expertise in nursing workforce data and allows grantees to produce reports, evaluations, and rapid analyses, and to offer training and data-standardization help to nursing workforce centers. Affects entities receiving grants or contracts under the cited public health provision and designated nursing workforce centers, with the goal of improving evidence, evaluations, and public resources to address nursing shortages and maldistribution. The text authorizes activities but does not itself appropriate new funds.
The bill invests federal resources to produce data, training, and public tools to strengthen nursing workforce planning and reduce shortages, but it increases federal spending and administrative burdens and may favor specialized applicants over smaller organizations.
Nursing workforce centers, state health planners, hospitals, and educators will get evidence-based regional and national reports and shared data to guide workforce planning and help reduce nursing shortages.
Nurses and nursing-center staff will receive training and technical assistance to improve data collection and workforce strategies, increasing local capacity to assess and respond to staffing needs.
Publicly accessible resources (webinars, tools, reports) will increase transparency and allow employers, educators, and policymakers to access and use shared workforce data.
The program relies on taxpayer-funded grants and contracts, which will increase federal spending without offsets and could raise the fiscal burden on taxpayers.
Requiring at least one award to entities focused on nursing workforce analytics could exclude smaller or non‑specialist applicants, disadvantaging smaller organizations in grant competitions.
Focused reporting and evaluation requirements could increase administrative and compliance burdens for grant recipients and nursing workforce centers.
Introduced April 10, 2025 by Lisa Blunt Rochester · Last progress April 10, 2025