3.0.0 696 2022-11-01T17:17:24Z 2022-11-01T17:17:24Z Senate S 2019-03-07 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-07T16:00:43Z National Nurse Act of 2019 116 1597 HR 2019-03-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2019-03-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-03-07 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 2019-03-07 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-03-25 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-03-25 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-03-25 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-04-03 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-04-11 False M001197 Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] Martha McSally R AZ 2019-04-30 False C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2019-05-02 False M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2019-05-06 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-06-13 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-09-09 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-09-09 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-10-22 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-10-29 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2019-11-05 False S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2019-11-14 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-12-11 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2019-12-11 False S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2020-01-21 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-01-28 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-02-10 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-02-24 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2020-02-25 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-03-03 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-05-05 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-05-05 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-07-20 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 2019-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2020-02-03T21:04:04Z National Nurse Act of 2019

This bill requires 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 position includes the authority to (1) provide 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) conduct outreach and education, and (3) provide 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 2019 Display Title National Nurse Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced National Nurse Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s696is/xml/BILLS-116s696is.xml 2019-03-07 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.