3.0.0 1106 2023-01-11T13:36:28Z 2023-01-11T13:36:28Z Senate S 2017-05-11 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-11T20:16:15Z National Nurse Act of 2017 115 1651 HR 2017-03-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2017-05-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-05-11 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-07-17 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-09-18 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2018-01-16 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2018-01-23 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2018-03-15 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-04-26 False 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 2017-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-14T20:09:52Z National Nurse Act of 2017

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to designate the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health.

The duties of this position include: (1) 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, (2) conducting outreach and education, and (3) providing guidance and leadership for activities that will increase public safety and emergency preparedness.

The National Nurse for Public Health must: (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 2017 Display Title National Nurse Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to designate the same individual serving as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Nurse Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1106is/xml/BILLS-115s1106is.xml 2017-05-11 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.