Using the ‘Resources to explore bills and legislative process related to specific bills’, please choose a health related bill in the United States, give the full name and HR or S number, and state whether, as a nurse, you support or oppose this bill (you do not need to give a rationale for this choice in this forum). You may choose one of the bills listed or you may use the given search engine to find another bill. You may choose a bill that has already become law, failed to become law, or a bill in the legislature currently (please make the current status of the bill clear in your writing) (one sentence).

Then discuss one point in the legislature process where you feel that political action could be focused to either support or defeat this bill. Please be specific to the bill, the process for this bill and to the legislators and committees most relevant to the bill. What action would you recommend nurses take relevant to the legislative process for this bill? You may choose a point of action that has already passed or that you anticipate will occur (but should make clear this stands in time).

Who are your representatives in the House of Representatives and Senate? Describe any involvement or potential involvement in this bill (for example: are they a sponsor, do they sit on any relevant committees?).

Please discuss actual or potential involvement of the executive branch (including regulatory) or judicial branch with this bill. What challenges may confront this bill, if passed, as it moves into implementation and is translated into regulation? Could you imagine that there would be any judicial challenges to this bill, if passes – please discuss.

A. As an alternative to a real interview with a health policy leader, one may “interview” a nursing policy organization by accessing and reading relevant online material of and about this organization.* Please choose from the American Nurses Association (ANA), The American Academy of Nursing (AAN), or the American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP).*

B. Please investigate and respond to the following points:

-What is the stated mission of the organization? Please reflect and write on this mission as it relates to health policy
-What specific nursing/health issues are important to this organization and why? (choose those you wish to highlight – do not need to cover all)
-What work is the organization engaged in to address policy issues around COVID-19? How is the organization doing this work?
-How might nurses who are interested in policy advancement get involved with the work of this organization? (you might discuss one specific area of concern to you)
-At least one additional point/question of your own design.

C. Provide a documentation of the “interview”/investigation with commentary that includes reflections and critical analysis on the information obtained and the way in which information was presented. The commentary may be interwoven in the documentation of the “interview”/investigation or may be added at the end of the document.

*I am providing the following links to get you started. They are all focused on COVID-19 issues and include the ANA, AAN and AACN. There is also a link from the CDC that may give important content. You should look for up to date information from these sources, and are encouraged to search more broadly for context as needed.

ANA:

https://www.nursingworld.org/

https://anacapitolbeat.org/2020/03/18/ana-policy-and-government-affairs-march-18-update-on-covid-19/

AAN:

https://www.aannet.org/home

https://www.aannet.org/news/coronavirus

AANP:

https://www.aanp.org/

https://www.aanp.org/news-feed/open-letter-to-the-national-governors-association

https://www.aanp.org/news-feed/aanp-statement-on-administration-meeting-supporting-nursing-community-coronavirus-response

CDC:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/healthcare-facilities/index.html