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National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025

Senate

Establishes a national nursing workforce center to coordinate data, planning, and analysis for the nursing workforce

Latest action: Thu Mar 19 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2025

House

Establishes a national nursing workforce center to support nursing workforce planning and analysis in 2025

Latest action: Tue Jul 15 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025

House

Reauthorizes Title VIII nursing workforce programs for 2025, covering federal nursing education and workforce development activities

Latest action: Wed Sep 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2026

Senate

Reauthorizes Title VIII nursing workforce programs for 2025 to continue federal nursing education and workforce development activities

Latest action: Tue Jul 28 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Public Health Nursing Act

House

Establishes a public health nursing measure to advance federal policy on nursing in public health programs

Latest action: Thu Jan 08 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Public Health Nursing Act

Senate

Establishes a public health nursing program framework to strengthen public health nursing capacity

Latest action: Thu Jan 08 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Congratulating the Oncology Nursing Society on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, and for other purposes.

House

Recognizes the Oncology Nursing Society on its 50th anniversary and honors its contributions to cancer nursing care

Latest action: Thu Jul 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Nursing is a Professional Degree Act

House

Recognizes nursing as a professional degree field within higher education and workforce policy

Latest action: Thu May 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act

Senate

Establishes a requirement for nursing homes to include registered nurses as part of facility staffing

Latest action: Thu Feb 12 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act of 2025

Senate

Establishes an ongoing quality improvement framework for skilled nursing care services

Latest action: Thu May 22 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act of 2025

House

Establishes a continuous quality improvement framework for skilled nursing facilities under health care oversight

Latest action: Wed Dec 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Enhancing Skilled Nursing Facilities Act

House

Establishes changes aimed at improving skilled nursing facilities under federal health care oversight

Latest action: Thu Jan 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce Improvement Act

House

Establishes a workforce improvement measure to strengthen certified nursing assistant training and employment pathways

Latest action: Thu May 15 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-05: Debt Collection and Consumer Reporting Practices Involving Invalid Nursing Home Debts".

Senate

Disapproves a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule withdrawing guidance on invalid nursing home debt collection and consumer reporting practices under the Congressional Review Act

Latest action: Mon Apr 13 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Nursing is a Professional Degree Act

Senate

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

Latest action: Tue May 19 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Nursing is a Professional Degree Act

House

Amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change the definition of a professional student for higher education purposes

Latest action: Mon May 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act

Senate

Prohibit enforcement of the 2024 CMS nursing home staffing and Medicaid payment transparency rule while requiring an HHS advisory panel on the nursing home workforce

Latest action: Wed Feb 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Train More Nurses Act

Senate

Expand nurse training capacity by increasing opportunities to educate and prepare more nursing students

Latest action: Thu Mar 19 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025

House

Allows Medicare reimbursement for hospital training costs when nursing and allied health students train at related entities, and bars CMS from recouping or reducing those allowed payments

Latest action: Thu Feb 27 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025

Senate

Allows Medicare reimbursement for hospital nursing and allied health training costs when instruction occurs at related entities, and bars CMS from clawing back or withholding those payments

Latest action: Fri Mar 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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MORE Nurses Act

House

Expand the nursing workforce by increasing the supply of more nurses under the MORE Nurses Act

Latest action: Tue May 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Medal of Honor Act

House

Increases the monthly special pension for living Medal of Honor recipients and extends the reduced pension limit for certain Medicaid nursing home veterans

Latest action: Mon Dec 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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PI Post Acute Access Act

House

Allows separate Medicare payment to skilled nursing facilities for items and services used to administer IVIG to patients with primary immune deficiency diseases

Latest action: Mon Apr 27 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025

Senate

Expand health care coverage for energy workers through a 2025 federal program change

Latest action: Wed Jun 25 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act

Senate

Improve the geriatrics workforce by advancing workforce development efforts for older adult care

Latest action: Thu Mar 19 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025

House

Establishes health care coverage for energy workers in 2025 under a federal program framework

Latest action: Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans Homecare Choice Act of 2025

House

Expands the Veterans Community Care Program to treat nurse registries as eligible health care providers for homecare and related assistive services

Latest action: Thu Mar 27 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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PRECEPT Nurses Act

Senate

Establishes a temporary nonrefundable tax credit for nurse preceptors who train nurses in health professional shortage areas and requires IRS reporting on its use and results

Latest action: Thu Jan 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025

House

Expand access to federal workers compensation for injured federal workers by improving claims or benefit eligibility procedures

Latest action: Thu Dec 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans Homecare Choice Act of 2025

Senate

Expands the Veterans Community Care Program to include nurse registries as eligible providers for veterans' homecare and assistive services

Latest action: Wed Jul 30 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans Homecare Choice Act of 2025

House

Expands Veterans Community Care Program eligibility to include state-licensed nurse registries that arrange homecare and assistive service providers for veterans

Latest action: Wed Mar 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

Senate

Expand education and workforce training programs for palliative care and hospice services

Latest action: Thu Mar 19 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2025

Senate

Modifies Medicaid primary care payment rates by setting a Medicare rate floor and extending eligible practitioner types for children's care services

Latest action: Wed Feb 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2025

House

Modifies Medicaid primary care payment rates by setting a Medicare rate floor and extending that rate to additional practitioner types

Latest action: Tue Feb 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

House

Expand education and training in palliative care and hospice services through a dedicated federal act

Latest action: Wed Jul 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025

Senate

Expands Medicare coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation by allowing certain advanced practice clinicians to run these programs in their offices

Latest action: Tue Feb 25 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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One School, One Nurse Act of 2025

House

Directs the Department of Education to fund recruitment and retention of school nurses and set recommended nurse to student ratios for elementary and secondary schools

Latest action: Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Recognizing the roles and the contributions of Americas Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their critical role in providing quality health care for the public and the Nation's Armed Forces for more than 150 years and through multiple public health emergencies and beyond.

House

Recognizes Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists for their long service and contributions to health care and military medical readiness

Latest action: Fri Jan 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act

House

Protects rural seniors' access to care by preserving health care availability for Medicare patients in rural areas

Latest action: Thu Feb 27 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Words Matter Act of 2025

House

Establishes a federal measure titled the Words Matter Act of 2025 without further specific policy details in the available bill metadata

Latest action: Thu Mar 26 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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