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US Congress 117th Congress
ACCESS Act Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act [S.57]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to increase the ability of nursing facilities to access telehealth services and obtain technologies to allow virtual visits during the public health emergency relating to an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes.
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Strengthening America’s Health Care Readiness Act [S.54]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
A bill to address health workforce shortages and disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic through additional funding for the National Health Service Corps and the Nurse Corps, and to establish a National Health Service Corps Emergency Service demonstration project.
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Idaho 2021 Regular Session
Amends existing law to provide for discipline if a nurse enters a guilty plea for a relevant crime. [HB-37]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
NURSING -- Amends existing law to provide for discipline if a nurse enters a guilty plea for a relevant crime.
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Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2021 Nurses CARE Act of 2021 [HB-331]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Public Health ]
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in training and competency requirements for skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aides under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Breath of Fresh Air Act [HB-136]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
To establish a grant program for nebulizers in elementary and secondary schools.
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BELIEVE Act Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement Act [S.2091]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to reduce the backlog of foreign nationals seeking employment-based visas, and for other purposes.
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Nurses CARE Act of 2020 Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2020 [HB-8874]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in training and competency requirements for skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aides under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020 [HB-8871]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disaster Relief ]
To provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services.
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Nurses. [HB-1363]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishes a study to identify issues that may arise if the State joins the Nurse Licensure Compact. (HB1363 HD2)
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Arizona Fifty-fourth Legislature
Clinical nurse specialists; prescribing authority [HB-2068]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Clinical nurse specialists; prescribing authority
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COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020 [S.4957]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disaster Relief ]
A bill to provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services.
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Expressing support for frontline workers, residents of long-term care facilities, individuals with preexisting conditions, and K-12 educators to receive priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine. [HR-1249]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
This resolution encourages efforts to give priority access to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines to frontline workers, residents of long-term care facilities, individuals with preexisting health conditions, and teachers.
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The Resetting the Impact Act (TRIA) of 2020 [HB-8826]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the IMPACT Act of 2014 to reset data collection and the development of a payment system technical prototype for post-acute care providers under the Medicare program to take into account the effects of COVID-19.
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Idaho 2016 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise the definition of "practice of nursing." [SB-1252]
[Healthcare ]
NURSING - Amends existing law to revise the definition of "practice of nursing."
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US Congress 114th Congress
A resolution designating the week of December 4 through December 10, 2016, as "National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week". [SR-636]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A resolution designating the week of December 4 through December 10, 2016, as "National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week". Designates the week of December 4-December 10, 2016, as National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week and expresses support for its goals and ideals. Encourages the expansion of nurse-managed health clinics so that they may continue to serve as health care workforce development sites for the next generation of primary care providers.
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week, to be observed from May 6 through May 12, 2016. [SR-467]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week, to be observed from May 6 through May 12, 2016. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week. Recognizes the contributions of nurses to the U.S. health care system.
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A resolution designating the week beginning November 8, 2015, as "National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week". [SR-303]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A resolution designating the week beginning November 8, 2015, as "National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week". Designates the week beginning November 8, 2015, as National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week and expresses support for its goals and ideals. Encourages the continued support of nurse-managed health clinics so that they may continue to serve as health care workforce development sites for the next generation of primary care providers.
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week from May 6, 2015, through May 12, 2015. [SR-178]
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[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week from May 6, 2015, through May 12, 2015. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week. Recognizes the contributions of nurses to the U.S. health care system.
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National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act [S.864]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Requires HHS to develop a transparent method for establishing nurse staffing requirements above minimum ratios. Directs HHS to adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs incurred in providing services to Medicare beneficiaries that are attributable to
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Mental Health First Act of 2015 [S.711]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Mental Health First Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to award grants to initiate and sustain mental health first aid training programs. Requires such a program to include training on: (1) the skills, resources, and knowledge necessary to assist individuals in crisis to connect with appropriate local mental health care services; (2) mental health resources, including the location of community mental health centers; and (3) protocols for referral to mental
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