S. 2853 – Train More Nurses Act

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The Train More Nurses Act directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Labor to jointly review every grant program they run that supports the nursing workforce. Within one year of the law’s passage, they must send Congress a report that recommends how to improve those grants. The goal is to boost the number of nursing faculty, especially in underserved areas, create routes for experienced nurses to become faculty, and expand pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.

Key Provisions

Conduct a joint review of all HHS and Labor grant programs that support the nursing workforce.
Submit a report to Congress within one year with recommendations to improve those grant programs.
Recommend actions to increase nurse faculty, focusing on underserved regions.
Suggest pathways for nurses with more than 10 years of clinical experience to become nursing faculty.
Encourage and expand routes for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.

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Held at the desk.

January 29, 2024 • 2:19 PM

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SenateIntro Referral

Introduced in Senate

September 19, 2023

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

September 19, 2023

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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

January 24, 2024

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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S253; text: CR S253)

January 24, 2024

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

January 25, 2024

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Received in the House.

January 29, 2024 • 2:06 PM

HouseFloor

Held at the desk.

January 29, 2024 • 2:19 PM

Floor Debate

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What members said about S. 2853 on the floor

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Sen. Charles E. SchumerD-NY · Jan 24, 2024

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration of S. 2853 and the Senate proceed to its immediate…

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Engrossed in SenateIssued January 24, 2024

118th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2853

AN ACT

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study and issue a report on grant programs to support the nursing workforce.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Train More Nurses Act.

2.

Review of and report on programs supporting the nursing workforce

The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall—

(1)

conduct a review of all grant programs carried out by the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Labor that support the nurse workforce; and

(2)

not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the review under paragraph (1) that includes recommendations for changes to such grant programs to improve upon the goals of—

(A)

increasing nurse faculty, particularly in underserved areas;

(B)

providing pathways for nurses who have more than 10 years of clinical experience to become faculty at schools of nursing; and

(C)

encouraging and increasing the nursing pipeline through pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.

Passed the Senate January 24, 2024.

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