FAAN Act

This bill would allow the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to give grants to schools of nursing. The grants could be used to increase the number of nursing students and faculty, prepare for public health emergencies and pandemics, and update nursing education programs and facilities. Schools in medically underserved, health professional shortage, or rural areas, schools in noncontiguous states or territories, and certain minority-serving institutions would get priority. Grant recipients would report each year, and the Secretary would report to Congress within 5 years. The bill authorizes $1 billion for the program.

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Sponsors

• Jeff Merkley Democrat sponsor
• 14 cosponsors