Summary

Makes targeted changes to federal nursing education law to name and expand which advanced nursing programs qualify for support, clarify that clinical education and preceptor costs can be covered by fees, broaden allowable training methods (including simulation and telehealth), add survivors of sexual assault as a covered population for certain programs, create a goal to increase nursing faculty and student numbers, authorize new partnership options to expand clinical placements, and update authorized annual funding levels for the next five fiscal years (2026–2030). These edits are technical and meant to strengthen nursing education, clinical training capacity, and workforce development.

Key Points

• Names four specific advanced nursing program types eligible for federal support: nurse practitioner, nurse‑midwifery, nurse anesthesia, and clinical nurse specialist.
• Expands allowable training methods to include simulation, telehealth, and virtual/physical labs.
• Clarifies that fees may be used to cover clinical education costs and preceptor expenses.
• Adds a statutory goal to increase the number of nursing faculty and nursing students.
• Adds survivors of sexual assault to the list of populations the programs may serve.
• Creates a new partnership option to expand clinical education placements.
• Updates authorized annual funding levels for certain nursing programs for fiscal years 2026–2030.
• Primarily makes technical and programmatic authorizing changes rather than creating a new program or direct appropriations.

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