3.0.0 1475 2023-01-11T13:23:23Z 2023-01-11T13:23:23Z Senate S S 2013-08-01 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-08-01T22:39:12Z National Nurse Act of 2013 113 485 HR 2013-02-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2013-08-01 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2013-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N Health Department of Health and Human Services Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Health information and medical records Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Nursing Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Health 00 2013-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2013-11-18T20:35:37Z National Nurse Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health within the Office of the Surgeon General.

Includes among the duties of such position providing leadership and coordination of Public Health Service nursing professional affairs for the Office of the Surgeon General and other agencies of the Public Health Service, conducting outreach and education, and providing guidance and leadership for activities that will increase public safety and emergency preparedness.

Requires the National Nurse for Public Health to: (1) participate in identification of national health priorities, (2) encourage volunteerism of nurses and strengthen the relationship between government agencies and health-related national organizations, and (3) promote the dissemination of evidence-based practice in educating the public on health promotion and disease prevention activities.

]]> National Nurse Act of 2013 Display Title National Nurse Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the position of National Nurse for Public Health, to be filled by the same individual serving as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Nurse Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1475is/xml/BILLS-113s1475is.xml 2013-08-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.