Bill > S696

Introduced Session

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. 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.

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Jeff Merkley (D)*,  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Michael Bennet (D),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Cory Booker (D),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Tom Carper (D),  Susan Collins (R),  Chris Coons (D),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Dianne Feinstein (D),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Kamala Harris (D),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Angus King (I),  Joe Manchin (I),  Martha McSally (R),  Lisa Murkowski (R),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Bernie Sanders (I),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Dan Sullivan (R),  Jon Tester (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Elizabeth Warren (D),  Ron Wyden (D), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 03/07/2019)

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