Policy, Practice, and Legislative Issues

Association Ongoing Work 2020-2021

• Attending Weekly Association Calls to elevate voice of nursing in pandemic response
• Nursing Home Advisory, subgroup on safe staffing
• Wellness Webinars for Nurses, Supporting Each other
• Specialty Organization weekly check ins
  

CT Nurses Association Testimony 2021 Session

• 285 An Act Allowing Medical Assistants to Administer Vaccines
• 6449 An Act Expanding Economic Opportunity in Occupations Licensed by the Department of Health (committee to explore interstate licensure)
• 5464 An Act Establishing a Tax Credit for Providers of Clinical Nursing Experiences
• 6662 An act Declaring Racism as a Public Health Crisis and establishing the commission on racial equity in public health
• 1087 An Act Concerning the Recruitment and Retention of Health Care Providers in the State (expands $ for nursing loan repayment programs)
• 6425 An Act concerning Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients
• SB 1 An Act Equalizing comprehensive access to mental, behavioral, and physical health care in response to the pandemic. (our testimony is not online, please see 6662 for similar testimony)
  
• SB 2 An Act Concerning Social Equity and the Health, Safety and Education of Children
  
• 926 An Act Concerning the Presence of PFAS in Certain Consumer Packaging
  
• 6423 and 568 an Act Concerning Immunizations
  
• 6551 An Act Concerning Environmental Air Quality
• 1070 An Act Allowing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Physician Assistants to Issue Home Health Orders

National Issues, Policy and Advocacy Work

National Nursing & Health Issues

Nursing Issues and Action Items

Engagement of Federal and National Agencies by ANA

Your membership dollars making an impact at the highest national level

ANA Advocacy and Policy Work