Policy & Advocacy

February 7: AACN sent a follow up letter reiterating our academic nursing priorities after a roundtable discussion with Secretary Becerra of the Department of Health and Human Services.

February 4: AACN sent comments on the PREVENT Pandemics Act discussion draft to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee.

January 20: AACN sent a letter welcoming the new Administrator of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

January 20: AACN sent a letter welcoming the new Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

January 19: AACN sent a letter to the Senate reiterating them to preserve and pass essential nursing provisions as the Senate considers the Build Back Better Act.

January 19: AACN sent a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees reiterating key academic nursing funding priorities for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.

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February 14: AACN signed onto Nursing Community Coalition letters to the Senate and the House Veterans’ Affairs Committees urging them to pass S.1220/H.R.2568 - United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act of 2021.

February 14: AACN signed onto an American Council on Education letter urging Congress to support and protect historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) following bomb threats made against the community.

February 4: AACN signed onto a Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee outlining their comments on the PREVENT Pandemics Act discussion draft.
 
January 31: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition letter welcoming the new Administrator of the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration.

January 19: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition letter reiterating support for at least $314.472 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce and Development Programs and at least $200.782 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.
 
January 19: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition letter reiterating the Senate to preserve shared nursing priorities in their Build Back Better Act.

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