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Health Policy & Advocacy

Health Policy Activities

Health Policy Priorities

• ARN Health Policy and Legislative Agenda
• Legislative Tracking Chart
• Budget and Appropriations Primer

Issue Briefs

• FY 2010 Labor-Health and Human Services Nursing Workforce and Development Programs Appropriations Issue Brief
• FY 2010 Labor-Health and Human Services Rehabilitation and Nursing Research Appropriations Issue Brief
• FY 2010 TBI Act Issue Brief
• FY 2010 Prostetics Parity Act Issue Brief

Coalitions

ARN participates as a member in the following coalitions

• Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief (ANSR)
• Coalition to Preserve Rehabilitation (CPR)
• Coalition for Patients' Rights (CPR) 

Correspondence to Congress/Federal Agencies

111th Congress, 1st Session:

• HPNEC Health Professions Programs Brochure FY 2010
• Nursing Community Title VIII Brochure
• ARN Comments to Senate Finance Committee on Transforming the Health Care Delivery System
• Testimony of the Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief Alliance (ANSR) Regarding 2010 Appropriations for Nursing Workforce Development Programs (Senate)
• Nursing Community Letter to Support the Nurse Managed Health Clinic Investment Act
• Written Testimony of ARN to the LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
• Testimony of the Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief (ANSR) Alliance Regarding FY 2010 Appropriations for Nursing Workforce Development Programs (House) 
• Nursing Community's Support for the Stimulus - House
• Nursing Community's Support for the Stimulus - Senate

110th Congress, 2nd Session:

• Congressional Record Statement by Congresswoman Niki Tsongas in honor of Karen Manning, ARN President
• Public Health Community Sign-on Letter to House and Senate Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee Members in Support of Increased Funding for FY 2009 - May 2008
• Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief (ANSR) Labor-Health and Human Services (LHHS) FY 2009 Appropriations Testimony Submitted to the Senate LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
• Nursing Community Consensus Document
• American for Nursing Shortage Relief (ANSR) Labor-Health and Human Services (LHHS) FY 2009 Appropriations Testimony Submitted to the House LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
• FY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations Funding Chart
• Public Health Community Sign-on Letter to House and Senate Labor-Health and Human Services and Education (LHHS) Leadership in Support of the Highest Funding Levels for the Continuing Resolution - September 2008