H.R. 728: Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-23 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019

Plain summary

Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill expands and reauthorizes through FY2024 specified nursing workforce development programs. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes (1) loan repayment and scholarships for nurses; (2) loans for nursing faculty development; (3) advanced education nursing grants; (4) grants for increasing nursing workforce diversity; and (5) nurse education, practice, quality, and retention grants. Eligibility for nurse education, practice, quality, and retention grants is expanded to include nurse-managed health clinics that provide primary care to underserved communities. Further, grants for nursing career ladder programs are expanded to (1) promote career advancement for individuals to become registered nurses or advanced education nurses and (2) support internships and residency programs that encourage mentoring and the development of specialties. In addition, eligibility for advanced education nursing grants is expanded to include education of clinical nurse leaders in combined registered nurse graduate degree programs. Clinical nurse leaders are advanced generalist clinicians who apply research and coordinate care to improve outcomes for patients. Eligibility is also extended to clinical nurse specialist programs that provide registered nurses with full-time clinical nurse specialist education that qualifies participating nurses to provide a full range of care. The bill also revises specified grant reporting and program evaluation requirements.

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Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] · 130 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 728, Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization of 2019 (2019-10-16)

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Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), André Carson (D-IN), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY) and 70 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] reported raising $1.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr728.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr728 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116