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<dc:title>118 S2853 ES: Train More Nurses Act</dc:title>
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<congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">S. 2853</legis-num><current-chamber display="no">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><legis-type display="yes">AN ACT</legis-type><official-title display="yes">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.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause"><section id="S1" section-type="section-one" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Train More Nurses Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9e9192c509d46dfad20f8d21a631076" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of and report on programs supporting the nursing workforce</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6323aa6a3f644a0d962ef4f83869464e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24b4e4839a154c9181881a7b63ef93b1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb4516f73dd44daa99f25998a7702059"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing nurse faculty, particularly in underserved areas;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6ea0bdbf11748a38f6c8fe478c67ec3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing pathways for nurses who have more than 10 years of clinical experience to become faculty at schools of nursing; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51ac232a0582467992b88e27a9e93794"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encouraging and increasing the nursing pipeline through pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section></legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20240124" chamber="Senate">Passed the Senate January 24, 2024.</attestation-date><attestor display="no"></attestor><role>Secretary</role></attestation-group></attestation><endorsement display="yes"></endorsement></bill>