Rep. Kim Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Tackle National Nursing Shortage
This bill is sitting in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and has not moved since July 2025. Nothing has happened with this proposal for 11 months, and it is considered stalled. A similar bill in the Senate has also failed to make progress.
Companion bill: Nursing: New Grants to Grow and Support the Workforce →No action since July 2025
This bill has support from both parties, which helps its chances. However, many bills like this struggle to get a final vote before the session ends.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
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Nursing students benefit from several provisions in this bill. Workforce centers would study enrollment, retention, and graduation data and develop programs to support nursing faculty, which could expand seat availability in nursing schools. The bill also calls for career counseling, mentoring, and helping people obtain the education needed to enter and advance in nursing.
“assist individuals in obtaining education and training required to enter the nursing profession, and advance within such profession, such as by providing career counseling and mentoring”
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
U.S. Representative Sarah McBride joined a bipartisan group to introduce the National Nursing Workforce Center Act. The bill establishes a two-year pilot program through HRSA to support state nursing workforce centers, which serve as hubs for research and initiatives to bolster the pipeline.
The National Nursing Workforce Center Act would create a pilot program to enable state nursing workforce centers to ramp up personnel and better evaluate recruitment and retention. Rep. Young Kim emphasized that nurses deserve full support after suffering from burnout and exhaustion.
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester highlighted the National Nursing Workforce Center Act as a key effort to combat healthcare shortages. The bill aims to address the nursing crisis by supporting state-level coordination and data-driven investments to strengthen the professional pipeline.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025
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