December 21: The Academy, along with forty-seven members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), joined a letter thanking Congressional leaders for introducing the National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2022 (H.R.8817/S.4844). This legislation would offer an important step forward to gather additional data on needs within the nursing workforce. Read more.
December 2: The Academy, along with sixty-one members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), joined a letter urging Congress to pass top legislative priorities addressing the needs of nursing education, practice, and research before the end of the 117th Congress. Read more.
December 1: The Academy, along with eleven members of the APRN Workgroup submitted comments in response to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) request for information on designing anational directory of healthcare providers and services so that patients can get accurate information regarding providers. Read more.
November 18: The Academy, along with fifty-seven organizations in the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), joined a letter urging the passage of theWorkplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (S.4182) this Congress. This request comes as the House passed a related bill last year. The Academy previously supported this bill in a letter thanking Senator Baldwin for its introduction. Read more.
November 17: The Academy, along with 70 other health care organizations, joined a letter to House and Senate appropriations leaders requesting $261.5 million for the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. This $20 million increase would help OSH respond to high rates of e- cigarette use among youth and the continuing impact of tobacco use. Read more
November 15: The Academy, along with sixty-one organizations in the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), joined a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees requesting at least $324.472 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $208.571 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Omnibus. Read more.
October 26: The Academy, along with 56 organizations from the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), joined a letter thanking Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard and David Joyce for introducing the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act (H.R. 8812). The ICAN Act would remove outdated barriers in the Medicare and Medicaid programs that currently prevent APRNs from practicing to the full extent of their education and clinical training. Read more.
September 27: The Academy joined an amicus brief along with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other health care organizations in support of a challenge to a Florida Medicaid rule limitingaccess to gender-affirming medical care. The rule denies Medicaid recipients in Florida with gender dysphoria access to evidence-based treatments designed to improve health outcomes and alleviate suffering. Read more.
September 26: The Academy along with eight other nursing organizations sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding their proposed rule on the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. The comments to CMS requested the agency remove barriers to care for APRNs and their patients. Read more.
September 26: The Academy joined a letter from the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) urging Congress to pass top legislative priorities impacting our current and future nursing workforce before the end of the 117th Congress. Legislative priorities in the letter included: making pandemic waivers permanent, invest in the public health infrastructure, mental health and healthy work environments for nurses, safety measures for the nursing workforce, as well as pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act and the Midwives for MOMs Act. Read more.
September 19: The Academy signed on to a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding funding for the Title X Family Planning Program in the President’s budget. The letter calls for increasing the funding for the Title X family planning program, enforcing the Medicaid Free Choice of Provider requirement, and expanding access to clinical services. Read more.
September 19: The Academy, along with 115 other organizations, signed onto a letter toHouse and Senate Appropriations leaders urging timely action to complete Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) appropriations by the start of the fiscal year on October 1, 2022. The letter highlights that FY23 funding is urgently needed to fund research and advance critical health priorities. Read more.
September 15: The Academy along with our colleagues in the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees requesting at least$324.472 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce and Development Programs and at least $208.571 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. Read more.
August 25: The Academy joined an amicus brief along with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other health care organizations challenging the state of Texas’s efforts to investigate reports of gender-affirming care as "child abuse."Read more.
August 24: The Academy, along with 11 other nursing organizations, sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure in support of the new Rural Emergency Hospital designation to ensure high quality of care under the Conditions of Participation (CoPs). The comments call for CMS to make permanent that APRNs can practice to the full extent of their education and clinical training, which would remove barriers to care for APRNs and their patients. Read more.
August 23: The Academy along withfifty-eight members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), signed on to a letter supporting a National Defense Authorization Act amendment that honors and recognizes the women who served as cadet nurses during World War II. Read more.
August 8: The Academy applauds the Senate's passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which will help counteract rising costs of healthcare to promote health equity. Read more.
August 2: The Academy, along with members of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration regarding their proposed rule prohibiting flavored cigars. Read more.
August 2: The Academy, along with members of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration regarding their proposed rule prohibiting menthol flavoring in cigarettes. Read more.
July 29: The Academy applauds the Administration for elevating Monkeypox to a health emergency. We must commit to reducing the stigma surrounding this disease and commit to evidence-based public health measures to provide the best possible care. Read more.
July 28: The Academy, along with fifty members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), signed onto a letter to the U.S. Senate supporting consideration and passage of H.R. 6087, the Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. The Academy previously supported this bill in a letter to the House. Read more.
June 21: The Academy signed on to a letter, along with other health organizations and research groups, urging Members of Congress to pass the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act (S.1658/H.R. 3110). This law would strengthen the current Break Time law by closing the coverage gap that leaves nearly 9 million workers without lactation protections, providing employers clarity on when pumping time must be paid and when it may be unpaid, and providing remedies for nursing mothers. Read more.
June 17: The Academy submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid regarding the FY2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH)Prospective Payment System (PPS) proposed rule. The proposed rule includes measures that will encourage hospitals to build health equity into their core functions, thereby improving care for vulnerable people and communities who are disproportionately impacted by the healthcare system. Read more.
June 14: The Academy, along with 68 other organizations, signed onto a letter to House Appropriations leaders urging them to not include any provisions that would weaken FDA’s oversight of tobacco products in the FY 2023 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bills. Read more.
June 9: The Academy joined a letter with our partners in the Nursing Community Coalition thanking Senator Baldwin for introducing the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act. This bill would address workplace violence by directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to put forth enforceable safety standards. Read more.
June 6: The Academy, along with eight other nursing organizations, signed a letter to Representatives Courtney and Walberg in support of H.R. 6087, the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. This legislation would remove barriers in the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) that limit the ability of NPs to provide care and treatment for injured or ill federal employees. Read more.
May 25: The Academy submitted comments to the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC) regarding federal disaster preparedness, relief, and community resilience which will provide advice and recommendations about broad cross-cutting issues, related but not limited to, issues of environmental justice and pollution reduction, energy, climate change mitigation and resiliency, environmental health, and racial inequity. Read more.
May 19: The Academy offered comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding the development of the 2022 Environmental Justice Strategy and Implementation Plan which will serve as a guide to confront environmental and health disparities that will serve vulnerable populations and communities disproportionately impacted by environmental burdens. Read more.
May 11: The Academy, along with fifty-eight members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), signed onto written testimony submitted to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The testimony featured the coalition's funding requests of $530 million for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for Fiscal Year 2023. Read the House and Senate testimony.
May 6: The Academy, along with sixty-one members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), signed onto a letter urging Congress to take action on top legislative priorities that impact nursing education, practice, and research. Read more.
May 4: The Academy signed on to an amicus brief along with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other health care organizations challenging the state of Alabama’s efforts to ban gender-affirming care. Read more.
April 28: The Academy, along with 287 other organizations, signed onto a letter to House and Senate Appropriations leaders requesting $60 million in funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention. Read more.
April 25: The Academy along with forty-eight members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto a letter urging Congress to take action to make waivers permanent beyond this Public Health Emergency (PHE). Waivers have allowed nurses to practice to the top of their licensure and have expanded telehealth coverage throughout the pandemic. Read more.
April 18: The Academy, along with 64 other health care organizations, signed onto letters to House and Senate appropriations leaders requesting $310 million for the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. This funding level would be an increase of $68.5 million above FY 2022 enacted, helping OSH to respond to high rates of e-cigarette use among youth and the continuing impacts of tobacco use. Read the House and Senate letters.
April 11: The Academy along with fifty-seven members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto letters to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies requesting $530 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Read the House and Senate letters.
April 4: The Academy sent a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee in support of S.3799, the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENT Pandemics Act). The Academy letter highlights that the PREVENT Pandemics Act includes many of the recommendations the Academy put forth in comments submitted in June 2020. Read more.
March 28: The Academy signed on to an amicus brief along with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the American Medical Association (AMA), and other health care organizations challenging the state of Montana's efforts to ban access to safe reproductive care. Read more.
March 23: The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) and the Academy sent a letter to the NIH regarding the Center for Scientific Review’s (CSR) draft strategic plan for 2022 - 2027. Read more.
March 16: The Academy, along with 134 other health care organizations, signed onto letters to House and Senate leaders requesting at least $500 million in funding for the Agency for Healthcare and Research and Quality (AHRQ) for fiscal year (FY) 2023. The letter emphasizes that FY23 increases are urgently needed to accelerate health services research and inform decision-making on the healthcare system as it recovers from the pandemic. Read the House and Senate letters.
February 14: The Academy along with fifty-five members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto letters to the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees urging them to pass S.1220/H.R.2568 - The United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act of 2021 this Congress. Read the House and Senate letters.
January 31: The Academy along with sixty-two members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent a letter welcoming Carole Johnson as the newly-appointed Administrator of the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). Read more.
January 19: The Academy along with fifty-nine members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees requesting at least $314.472 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce and Development Programs and at least $200.782 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. Read more.
January 19: The Academy along with fifty-six members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent a letter urging the Senate to advance several key policies within the Build Back Better Act, including support for nursing education pathways, the Nurse Corps, and Momnibus. Read more.
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2024 Policy Actions
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