# 119-s-1482: National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025

119-s-1482, National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1482
- Congress: 119
- Title: National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-05

## Summary

**State-based nursing workforce centers** would be created and funded to improve data collection, boost nursing education capacity, and strengthen recruitment and retention. The bill would also expand federal analysis and technical-assistance on nursing workforce trends and coordination with those centers. - Nurses and nursing students would see more support for faculty retention, expanded enrollment capacity, leadership development, career counseling, and programs aimed at improving recruitment and retention. - State agencies, boards of nursing, nursing schools, community groups, and nonprofits could compete for two-year pilot grants. Grantees would need to provide at least $1 of non-Federal support for every $4 of Federal funding and awards would be distributed equitably across regions. - Patients, employers, and rural or underserved communities would benefit from better statewide analyses, strategic workforce planning, and targeted actions to address specialty and geographic nursing shortages. *Would authorize up to $1.5 million for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to run the pilot, increasing federal spending by up to $3.0 million.*

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Broaden federal nursing workforce research: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would broaden federal authority to fund and share nursing workforce studies and technical assistance by changing a statutory phrase to cover more programs. It would let grants and contracts produce regional and national reports, peer-reviewed articles, policy briefs, program ev…
- Pilot State nursing workforce centers: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would fund a two-year pilot to create or strengthen State nursing workforce centers. The Secretary would have to start the pilot within one year of enactment and award two-year grants. Up to $1.5 million could be used in each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 from HRSA workforce fu…

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- 119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
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- 119-s-1677: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
- 119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1482 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1482)

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- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
- [119-s-383: JOBS Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-383)
- [119-s-1677: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1677)
- [119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1547)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1482 (as of 2026-09-05).