This bill temporarily authorizes grants to state agencies, state boards of nursing, nursing schools, or other eligible entities for establishing or expanding state-based nursing workforce centers that carry out research, planning, and programs to address nursing shortages, nursing education, and other matters affecting the nursing workforce.
Also, the bill expands the authority of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish health workforce research centers and specifically authorizes HRSA to establish centers focused on nursing.