May 13, 2025
Mr. Costa (for himself and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
To require the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice to examine and report on the growing nursing shortage across the United States, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Magnifying Opportunities to Recruit and Educate Nurses Act
or the MORE Nurses Act
.
Sec. 2. Examination of the growing nursing shortage
(a) Duties
The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice established pursuant to section 851 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297t) (in this section referred to as the National Advisory Council
) shall—
(1)
examine, assess, and report on the United States nursing workforce capacity, including—
(A)
trends in the overall nursing workforce;
(B)
the capacity to educate future nurses;
(C)
causes for the existing nursing shortage; and
(D)
Federal policies to bolster nursing education and the nursing workforce;
(2)
build upon existing or ongoing evaluations, and avoid unnecessary duplication, by reviewing, as appropriate, the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other task forces, committees, commissions, and other public and private entities with respect to the national nursing shortage;
(3)
identify areas of Federal policy that have impacted the ability of the United States to respond to the growing nursing shortage, including—
(A)
Federal support of nursing education programs;
(B)
Federal support of increasing diversity in the nursing workforce; and
(C)
incentives for nurses to work in underserved areas and communities; and
(4)
identify and recommend a set of possible solutions to the nursing shortage for policymakers, including legislative and regulatory recommendations.
(b) Report
(1) Submission
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Advisory Council shall—
(A)
complete the activities required by subsection (a); and
(B)
submit to the President, the Congress, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services a report on the National Advisory Council’s findings, conclusions, and recommendations to bolster nursing education and the nursing workforce in the United States.
(2) Public availability
The National Advisory Council shall make the report required by paragraph (1) available to the public online.