Creates a national program to boost public health nursing in communities across the country.
This bill would create a new federal program to strengthen the public health nursing workforce. It would set aside $5 billion each year for ten years to help state and local health departments hire and train more public health nurses. This means more nurses could provide care in underserved areas, helping people with chronic diseases, new mothers, and infants.
Today, there is no specific federal program requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to build up the public health nursing workforce. If this bill becomes law, the Department would be required to create such a program. It would also authorize $5,000,000,000 each year from 2026 to 2035 to fund grants for state and local health departments to hire and train public health nurses.
HR 6989 · 119th Congress · January 8, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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