US Congress House Bill 379 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Nurse Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health within the Office of the Surgeon General. Includes among the duties of this position: (1) providing 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) conducting outreach and education, and (3) providing guidance and leadership for activities that will increase public safety and emergency preparedness. Requires the National Nurse for Public Health to: (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.

National Nurse Act of 2015

Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-01-14	House	Introduced in House

SB1205 (Same As) 2015-05-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/379/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr379/BILLS-114hr379ih.pdf