AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION

Defense DEF

S. 1548: Department of Defense Authorization for FY 2008: Provisions related to scholarships and stipends to encourage registered nurses separating from the military to consider careers as nursing faculty.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1548 (110th)

Education EDU

H. R. 2384: Nursing Faculty Higher Education Act: Provisions related to scholarships for nursing faculty.

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2384 (110th)

Agriculture AGR

S.549/H.R. 962: The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA). All provisions related to banning the nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in animal feed.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 549 (110th), H.R. 962 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 2073: The Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act: All provisions related to the increase in number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents. S. 1572: The Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act: All provisions related to the increase in number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents. H.R. 772 / S. 442: The Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act: All provisions related to nursing education. S. 358: The Genetic Nondiscrimination Act: All provision related to genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. H.R. 493. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007: All provisions related to genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. H.R. 677 Nursing School Capacity Act of 2007: All provisions related to nursing education. H.R. 772/S. 446: Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2007: All provisions related to grants to nursing schools to increase the number of nursing faculty and students. S. 558: Mental Health Parity Act of 2007: All provisions related to group health plans related to mental health benefits. S. 1604: Nursing Education and Quality Health Care Act: Provisions related to nursing education and the reporting on nursing practice quality indicators. H.R. 2572: Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act: Provisions related to loan repayments for nurses. H.R. 3/ S. 5: Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007: All provisions relating to stem cell research. H.R. 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007: All provisions related to mental health parity. H.R. 2073: The Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act: All provisions related to the increase in number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 772 (110th), S. 446 (110th), S. 1604 (110th), S. 558 (110th), S. 5 (110th), S. 358 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 2572 (110th), S. 1572 (110th), S. 442 (110th), H.R. 677 (110th), H.R. 2073 (110th), H.R. 493 (110th), H.R. 3 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 2122: The Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007. All provisions related to mandatory overtime. S. 73: The Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007. All provisions relating to nurse staffing. H.R. 1663: Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act. All provisions related to mental health parity in Medicare. S.3/ H.R. 4: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007: All provisions relating to Medicare payments for prescription drugs. S. 450/H.R. 748: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007: All provisions related to outpatient therapy caps. S.1678: Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2007: All provisions related to payment for home health care services. H.R. 748 / S. 450: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act: All provisions related to the outpatient therapy cap. S. 1544: Medicare Quality Enhancement Act: Provisions related to the collection and evaluation of Medicare data for quality reports. CMS-1533-P Medicare Program: Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2008 Rates. Sections related to relative weight calculations and hospital-acquired conditions, including infections. CMS - 1321- P - Proposed changes to the Criteria for National Certifying Bodies - Advanced Practice Nurses. H.R. 2066 / S. 59: Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurse and Physicians Assistant Access Act: All provisions related to Medicaid coverage of advanced practice registered nurses. H.R. 864 / S. 507: Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Act: All provisions related to Medicare reimbursement for certified nurse midwife services.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1678 (110th), H.R. 4 (110th), H.R. 864 (110th), H.R. 2122 (110th), S. 59 (110th), H.R. 748 (110th), S. 1544 (110th), S. 73 (110th), H.R. 1663 (110th), S. 450 (110th), S. 3 (110th), H.R. 2066 (110th), S. 507 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

testing, funding for the IHS loan repayment and prevention programs, funding for the Medicare Chronic Care Practice Research Network. H.Con.Res. 99/ S.Con.Res. 21: FY 2008 Budget Resolution: Function 550, health care programs. H.J.Res 20: Continuing Appropriations resolution FY2007: All provisions relating to appropriations for Nursing Workforce Development Programs, and OSHA respirtor fit-testing requirements. H.R. 3043 / S. 1710: FY 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act: All provisions relating to appropriations for Nursing Workforce Development Programs, the National Insitute of Nursing Research, and OSHA respirator fit-

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 99 (110th), S. 1710 (110th), H.J.Res. 20 (110th), H.R. 3043 (110th), S.Con.Res. 21 (110th)

Immigration IMM

S. 1348: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act: Provisions related to the immigration of foreign-trained nurses.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1348 (110th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 1644 / S. 1041: Re-Empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradesworkers (RESPECT) Act: All provisions relating to the definition of supervisor in the National Labor Relations Act. H.R. 800: Employee Free Choice Act: All provisions relating to labor organizing.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 1041 (110th), H.R. 1644 (110th), H.R. 800 (110th)