January 25: The Academy, along with 41 members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent a letter to Representative David Scott (D-GA-13) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), in opposition to the Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023 (H.R.3347/S.2070). The Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023 would unnecessarily, and unjustifiably, restrict access for our Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) to practice at the full extent of their education and training within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), adversely impacting the health care of our nation’s veterans. Read more.
January 24: The Academy joined an amicus brief along with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other health care organizations related to an appeal of the August 2022 amicus brief challenging the state of Texas’s efforts to investigate gender-affirming care as “child abuse.” Read more.
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