# 119-s-4110: EMPOWER for Health Act

119-s-4110, EMPOWER for Health Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4110
- Congress: 119
- Title: EMPOWER for Health Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-03-17
- Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-24

## Summary

**This bill would reauthorize and boost Title VII health workforce programs to** **expand and strengthen the health workforce**. It would extend program authority and funding through fiscal year 2031, raise annual authorization levels for multiple program lines, tighten pediatric service obligations, and add new nursing workforce analytics and technical assistance. - Families and patients: Expands eligibility for pediatric programs to cover more Medicaid-eligible children and targets services to underserved pediatric populations, aiming to improve access to pediatric mental and behavioral health care. - Trainees and clinicians: Replaces "be employed full-time" with a requirement to "perform full-time service," defines service obligations for many pediatric trainees, requires at least half of annual hours be direct clinical care, and sets a breach-of-contract liquidated damages framework. - State workforce analysis and nursing: Broadens State and Regional Centers for Health Workforce Analysis to include nursing supply, demand, and education capacity. It adds requirements for technical assistance, a public repository of tools, and at least one grant for entities with nursing workforce expertise.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK), 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher funding for health workforce programs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would raise annual authorized funding for many Title VII health workforce programs for fiscal years 2027–2031. Examples include $25,422,000 a year for one program and $55,014,000 a year for another, and multiple other line items are increased or realigned. The changes also upda…
- New nursing workforce analysis grants: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let State and Regional Centers for Health Workforce Analysis fund nursing workforce studies and technical help under this Act from 2027 through 2031. Grants could pay for supply and demand analysis, education capacity studies, rapid research, training, and a public websit…
- AHECs can serve middle school students: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would let Area Health Education Centers explicitly include middle school students as part of their outreach along with high school students. Families with middle school children would see AHEC outreach and early health career programs broaden to younger students.
- Extend program authorizations through 2031: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would push several statutory dates and authorization windows to fiscal years 2027–2031. It would replace earlier 2023–2025 or 2021–2025 references with 2027–2031 and move specific deadlines to September 30, 2031. This gives programs more time to operate under the law.
- New pediatric service rules and funding: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would set $10,000,000 per year for pediatric workforce activities for FY2027–FY2031, with the money remaining available until spent. It would change pediatric trainee awards into service obligations that require full‑time service, with at least half of yearly hours as direct cl…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-4503: Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act
- 119-s-3492: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-s-3257: John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-4110 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4110)

## Related
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-4503: Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4503)
- [119-s-3492: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3492)
- [119-s-3257: John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3257)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4110 (as of 2026-09-24).