Public Health Nursing Act

• Families and pregnant people: Funds nurses to provide preventive care, prenatal and postpartum services, home visitation, and chronic disease management in areas with high infant mortality or maternal morbidity.
• State, local, and territorial health departments: Eligible for grants and subgrants to cover wages, benefits, training, medical supplies including personal protective equipment, and administrative costs. Recipients must maintain non-Federal spending at least at the level they spent the year before receiving a grant.
• Public health nurses and workforce: Grants may pay for recruiting, hiring, and training licensed registered nurses and support employers that honor collective bargaining or have noninterference policies. Priority goes to programs serving low-income, rural, and health professional shortage areas and to services delivered in appropriate languages and cultural contexts.

*Would authorize $5.0 billion per year for fiscal years 2026–2035, increasing federal spending by that amount.*