House passes Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act

Oct 29, 2019 - 02:59 PM
nurse holding hand of patient in bed

The House of Representatives last night passed the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act (H.R. 728), legislation that would reauthorize federal programs to develop the nursing workforce for five years. The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee expects to mark up its version of the bill (S. 1399) on Thursday. The AHA and its American Organization for Nursing Leadership subsidiary support the legislation to help address a national shortage of nurses and nurse educators. “This bipartisan legislation will help to ensure a robust and diverse nursing pipeline, which is critically important to rural and underserved areas,” said Robyn Begley, AHA chief nursing officer and CEO for AONL. “The legislation also recognizes all four advanced practice roles and includes clinical nurse leaders as eligible providers for Advanced Education Nursing Grants and the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice.” 

Related News Articles

Headline
At House hearing, AHA shares solutions to make health care more affordable 
America’s hospitals and health systems are deeply committed to providing high-quality, accessible and affordable care, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack March…
Headline
House bill would exempt health care workers from $100,000 H-1B visa filing fee
House lawmakers March 17 introduced the Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act, a bipartisan bill that would exempt foreign-trained health care workers…
Headline
AHA podcast explores Duke Health’s community efforts to reduce hypertension disparities
An encore episode of the AHA’s Advancing Health podcast features Duke University’s Anna Tharakan, lead project manager on Closing the Gap on…
Headline
Webinar to discuss how leaders strengthen clinical workforce
The AHA will host a webinar March 19 at 1 p.m. ET that will explore how leaders are improving retention, physician well-being and coverage…
Perspective
Hospitals Face Increased Costs of Caring for Patients
Public
A hospital patient from the 1990s would likely marvel at the pace of progress in health care just a generation later. America’s hospitals and health systems…
Headline
AHA podcast: Better Teams, Better Mental Health Care 
Jeremy Fish, M.D., director of the Family Medicine Residency Program at John Muir Health, and Pilar Corcoran-Lozano, behavioral health corps faculty and…