Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1874 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1874

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing 
        workforce development programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2025

Mr. Merkley (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
Blumenthal, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Schiff, and Ms. 
  Murkowski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing 
        workforce development programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Title VIII Nursing Workforce 
Reauthorization Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION GRANTS.

    Section 811 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296j) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``programs.'' and 
        inserting the following: ``programs, including individuals 
        enrolled in--
                    ``(A) authorized nurse practitioner programs 
                described in subsection (c);
                    ``(B) authorized nurse-midwifery programs described 
                in subsection (d);
                    ``(C) authorized nurse anesthesia programs 
                described in subsection (e); and
                    ``(D) authorized clinical nurse specialist programs 
                described in subsection (f).'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``midwives'' and 
                inserting ``nurse-midwives''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``American 
                College of Nurse-Midwives''; and
            (3) in subsection (h)(1)(A), by striking ``fees'' and 
        inserting ``fees, including costs for clinical education and 
        preceptors,''.

SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING CAPACITY FOR NURSE EDUCATION AND PRACTICE.

    (a) In General.--Part D of title VIII of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 296p et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in the part heading, by striking ``basic''; and
            (2) in section 831 (42 U.S.C. 296p)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' 
                        after the semicolon;
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``methodologies.'' and inserting 
                        ``methodologies, audiovisual or other 
                        equipment, simulation and augmented reality 
                        resources, telehealth technologies, and virtual 
                        and physical laboratories; or''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) increasing the number of faculty and students at 
        schools of nursing in order to address nursing workforce 
        shortages.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and 
                        survivors of domestic violence'' and inserting 
                        ``survivors of domestic violence, and survivors 
                        of sexual assault'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' 
                        after the semicolon;
                            (iii) in paragraph (4), by striking the 
                        period and inserting ``; or''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) partnering with a health care facility, nurse-managed 
        health clinic, community health center, or other facility that 
        provides health care in order to provide education 
        opportunities for the purpose of establishing or expanding 
        clinical education.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 806(f)(2)(C) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296e(f)(2)(C)) is amended by striking 
``basic''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 871 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 298d) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``$137,837,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 2021 through 2025'' and inserting 
        ``$184,337,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``$117,135,000 for each 
        of the fiscal years 2021 through 2025'' and inserting 
        ``$121,135,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030''.
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