Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to develop pathway to nursing scholarship for health care workers who want to become nurses; appropriates $1 million.

This bill creates a nursing scholarship program administered by New Jersey's Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) to address nurse shortages. It provides 100 scholarships of $10,000 each to healthcare workers who are NJ residents, currently or previously employed in healthcare, and enrolled in approved nursing programs. To qualify, applicants must commit to working as nurses after completing their education. The program is funded by a $1 million appropriation from the state General Fund.