Health Policy

• NBNA Health Policy Call-to-Action: Protecting Our Future Generation with Safe Donor Milk - September 22, 2022
• Final Coalition Letter in Support of Reducing Addictiveness of Cigarettes and other Combusted Tobacco Products - September 12, 2022
• Final Coalition Comments in Support of Prohibiting Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars - August 2, 2022
• NBNA Statement on FDA - Biden Administration Rulemaking Process to Limit Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes - June 23, 2022
• 2022 Medicare Part D Guidance Anti-Obesity Therapies - March 7, 2022
• Coalition Letter Urging  Action on Synthetic Nicotine in E-cigarettes - March 2022
• NBNA Corporate Partners Public Policy Statements 2022

• Friends of HRSA Sign-on Letter for FY22 Appropriations
• Opportunity to Sign on to Amicus Brief in Menthol Case
• Obesity Care Advocacy Network letter sent to the Biden Administration - September 14, 2021 
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• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2021. The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25982.
• National Black Nurses Association Press Release on FDA Ban on Menthol Tobacco Products - April 29, 2021
• Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids asks HHS Secretary to Ban Menthol Cigarettes - April 14, 2021
• Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
• 2022 CDC Coalition Letter - March 1, 2021
• 33rd Virtual NBNA Day on Capitol Hill - Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron Presentation - February 4, 2021
• To Develop the Office of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Wellbeing under the Domestic Policy Council - January 19, 2021

 

• NBNA's Go Vote! Assets
• Letter to Vice President Pence, Ambassador Birx and DHHS Secretary Azar to Protect COVID-19 Patient Data - July 17, 2020
• Letter to DHHS Secretary Azar on COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - July 10, 2020
• NBNA President's Statement on Coronavirus - March 30, 2020
• Medication Access in Third COVID Package - March 20, 2020
• NBNA Coronavirus Statement - March 9, 2020
• HRSA 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses Report
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Ad in Support of Prohibiting Flavored Tobacco Products.  HR 2339 Passed in the House. 
• Senate 2020 PALS Action Coalition Letter
• House 2020 PALS Action Coalition Letter
• Letter in Support of HB 367:  Access to Safe, High-Quality Donor Human Breast Milk - January 16, 2020.

 

• Better Medicare Alliance “Convening Report: Addressing Health Disparities in Medicare" - December 16, 2019 
• Great American Smokeout Day - November 21, 2019
• NBNA | ABBOT Nutrition Webinar - November 14, 2019
• Representative Terri Sewell's Home Health Agency Bill - October 22, 2019
• 2019 Week of Non Violence
• Town Hall Meeting: Violence is Not Normal
• Alliance for Advancing Women’s Health (AAWH)
• PALS Act Coalition Letter
• CDC Coalition FY 2020 letter
• World No Tobacco Day
• NCC Nurses Week Statement 
• Opioid Briefing Video 
• NBNA Resolution Toolkit 
• NCC Senate FY2019 Appropriations Request
• NCC House FY2019 Appropriations Request
• NCC Comments on Opioid Crisis Response Act
• CDC Coalition's FY2019 Request Letter to Congressional appropriations leaders - April 9,2018
• Health Groups Parkland GVP Letter House
• Health Groups Parkland GVP Letter Senate
• NBNA Day on Capitol Hill 2018 - Agenda
• AMA Resolution in Opposition to APRNs, November 29, 2017
• NBNA supports the CDC 2017-2018 Flu Season Guidelines - September 2017
• End of Life - August 1, 2017
• Global Health - August 1, 2017
• Donor Milk - August 1, 2017
• New Breastmilk Program To Save Premature Babies
• Prolacta Applauds NBNA Resolution Release - August 17, 2017
• Nursing Community Senate Appropriations Letter - April 21, 2017
• Updated CDC Coalition FY 2018 request letter
• Medicaid Cuts Would Affect Older, Sicker Americans
• March 22, 2017 - Nurse Practitioners Will Go To Albany To Urge Passage of Important Patient-Centered Legislation
• NBNA Day on Capitol Hill 2017 - Press Release
• NBNA Day on Capitol Hill 2017 - Agenda
• NBNA Day on Capitol Hill 2017 - Legislative "Toolkit"
• The Consensus Model for APRN Regulation, Licensure, Accreditation, Certification and Education
• Public Health Spending 2013
• National Black Nurses Association Health Reform: Guiding Principles

 

• 2015 NBNA Legislative Agenda
• Stakeholder LIS Letter Final
• National Nurse Act of 2015 Letter of Support from the National Black Nurses Association
• FHRSA FY 2016 Sign On
• Senate Home Health Advocates Letter - February 25, 2015
• Medicare Part D Program - March 4, 2015
• House Home Health Advocates Letter - March 6, 2015
• Alliance for Balanced Pain Management Expands Membership with Diverse National Organizations
• AHRQ FoA House Labor HHS FY16 Bill - June 22, 2015
• Chairwoman Dr. Robin Kelly Statement on SCOTUS Upholding ACA - June 25, 2015
• 2015 NBNA Health Policy Resources
• Provider Groups to FDA re Physician Directed Applications - June 29, 2015
• July 13, 2015 "#SaveAHRQ"
• July 30, 2015, NBNA Resolution, "Nutrition as a Vital Sign"
• 151116 FHRSA FY2016 Signon - November 18, 2015
•  2014 Kelly Report: Gun Violence in America
  https://robinkelly.house.gov/sites/robinkelly.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/KellyReport_1.pdf
• The Kelly Report: Health Disparities in America
  http://robinkelly.house.gov/sites/robinkelly.house.gov/files/2015%20Kelly%20Report.pdf
• National Black Nurses ASsociation President Responds to Call to Action Against Violence - January 7, 2016
• NBNA  Day on Capitol Hill 2016 - NBNA Social Media Hashtags
• MA 2017 Rate Notice Letter Patient Groups - January 27, 2016
• NBNA Day on Capitol Hill 2016 - NBNA Legislative Agenda
• NBNA Day on Capitol Hill 2016 - Agenda
• Nursing Community Letter of Support for Title VIII Reauthorization_Senate - July 12, 2016
• NBNA Submits Comments to the VA Proposed Rule Allowing APRNs Full Practice Authority - July 14, 2016
• Workplace Violence Regulations for Healthcare Facilities Go in Effect April 1 California's Regulations re Strongest in the Nation - December 12, 2016
• Nursing Community Letter to the Transition Team, December 12, 2016
• The VA Issues Final Ruling on APRN Practice
• DXA Coalition Support Letter to Senate Sponsors