I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8817 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to support and stabilize the existing 
nursing workforce, establish programs to increase the number of nurses, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself and Mrs. KIM of California) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to support and 
stabilize the existing nursing workforce, establish pro-
grams to increase the number of nurses, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Nursing 
Workforce Center Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE NURSING WORKFORCE CENTERS. 
Title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
292 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating part G (42 U.S.C. 295j et 
seq.) as part H; and 
(2) by inserting after part F the following new 
part: 
‘‘PART G—NURSING WORKFORCE CENTERS 
‘‘SEC. 785. STATE AND REGIONAL NURSING WORKFORCE 
CENTER 
DATA 
COLLECTION 
PILOT 
PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
3-year pilot program to establish new or enhance existing 
State-based nursing workforce centers, evaluate the im-
pact of State-based nursing workforce centers on out-
comes, and assess the feasibility of nursing workforce pub-
lic-private partnerships. The Secretary shall begin imple-
mentation of such pilot program not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the National Nursing Work-
force Center Act of 2022. 
‘‘(b) GRANT TERMS.— 
‘‘(1) NUMBER
OF
GRANTS
AWARDED.—The 
Secretary shall award not less than 6 grants under 
the pilot program under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) TERM.—The term of a grant awarded 
under the pilot program under subsection (a) shall 
be 3 years. 
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‘‘(3) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—As a condi-
tion on receipt of a grant under the pilot program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall require the 
applicant to agree, with respect to costs to be in-
curred by the applicant in carrying out the activities 
funded through the grant, to make available non- 
Federal contributions (in cash or in kind) toward 
such costs in an amount that is equal to not less 
than $1 for each $4 of Federal funds provided 
through the grant. Such contributions may be made 
directly or through donations from public or private 
entities. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall be— 
‘‘(1) a State agency; 
‘‘(2) a State board of nursing; 
‘‘(3) an organization that is exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Act of 1986; 
‘‘(4) a community-based organization; 
‘‘(5) a school of nursing (as defined in section 
801); or 
‘‘(6) a school or program determined by the 
Secretary to be an eligible entity for purposes of this 
section. 
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‘‘(d) 
EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION.—In 
awarding 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to 
the greatest extent possible, that such grants are equitably 
distributed among— 
‘‘(1) the geographical regions of the United 
States; and 
‘‘(2) States with an existing nursing workforce 
center and States without any such existing center. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In selecting the eligible entity to be 
awarded a grant under this section for a nursing work-
force center in a particular State, the Secretary shall give 
priority to eligible entities that— 
‘‘(1) propose to provide statewide services; 
‘‘(2) have expertise in the State’s nursing work-
force issues; 
‘‘(3) have a history of convening entities to ad-
dress nursing workforce issues; and 
‘‘(4) have partnerships with entities that tradi-
tionally educate and employ the State’s nurses. 
‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—A nursing workforce center 
supported under this section may use funds provided 
under this section for the following statewide activities: 
‘‘(1) Conducting comprehensive analysis of and 
research on— 
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