,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #edg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ab1      
#bjbe,ms4 ,rosen 7for herself and ,ms4  
,collins7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require the ,secretary of ,health and   
,human ,services and the ,secretary of  
,labor to conduct a study and issue a   
report on grant programs to support the 
nursing workforce4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,train   
,more ,nurses ,act4  #b4 ,review of and 
report on programs supporting the       
nursing workforce ,the ,secretary of    
,health and ,human ,services and the    
,secretary of ,labor1 jointly1 shall--  
7#a7 conduct a review of all grant      
programs carried out by the ,department 
of ,health and ,human ,services or the  
,department of ,labor that support the  
nurse workforce2 and  7#b7 not later    
than #a year after the date of enactment

 of this ,act1 submit to ,congress a    
report on the review under paragraph    
7#a7 that includes recommendations for  
changes to such grant programs to       
improve upon the goals of-- 7,a7        
increasing nurse faculty1 particularly  
in underserved areas2  7,b7 providing   
pathways for nurses who have more than  
#aj years of clinical experience to     
become faculty at schools of nursing2   
and  7,c7 encouraging and increasing the
 nursing pipeline through pathways for  
licensed practical nurses to become     
registered nurses4