What's New . . .
 
Stay Current on Health Reform
- For a summary of the prevention-related amendments filed in the Senate on 12/8, click here.
- The National Association of County and City Health Officials have produced documents highlighting recent budget and staff cuts in local health departments, and showcasing core public health services they provide. To access these files go to: http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/NACCHOfoundation.pdf and http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/NACCHOfuture.pdf
posted to the NASN Weekly Digest 12/11/09
 
State-by-state reports are now available on www.healthreform.gov. Through "case for change" state maps, the benefits of health reform are featured, including several specific to prevention.
posted to the NASN Weekly Digest 12/04/09
 
Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes in America
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report, "Preventing and Treating Diabetes: Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes in America." The report outlines the ways health insurance reform will lower costs and improve access to quality health care services for Americans with diabetes. To view the complete report, click here.
posted to the NASN Weekly Digest 11/20/09
   
Stay Current on Health Reform
H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, was passed by the House of Representatives on 11/07/09. A version of the Student-to-School Nurse ratio bill is included in the bill (p. 1462). Click here to view the bill. Also available is a side-by-side produced by House leadership summarizing the prevention and wellness provisions. To download the side-by-side comparison, click here.
H.R. 3962 also includes all the School Based Health Center provisions that the National Assembly on School Based Health Centers and other colleagues have been promoting: authorization, reimbursement, and cost-based reimbursement for school based health centers.
posted to the NASN Weekly Digest 11/13/09
 
The Senate Democratic Policy Committee Released a Document Entitled, Reform that Reduces Chronic Disease and Health Care Cost
The document provides a detailed case for support and summary of prevention-related provisions, including the prevention of childhood obesity. For more information, click here.
posted to the NASN Weekly Digest 11/13/09
 
New Health Reform Campaign for Prevention
Trust for America's Health and Partnership for Prevention launched an ad campaign in Congress Daily entitled Health Care vs. Sick Care. They want Congress to recognize that real health reform starts with prevention. Click here to view the ad.
posted to the NASN Weekly Digest 10/30/09
 
Stay Current on Health Reform
~ Full legislative language (1502 pages) is now available for the Senate Finance Committee bill, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009. Much of the prevention language is in Title II.
~The House Energy and Commerce Committee report (1,222 pages) for America's Affordable Health Choices Act, HR 3200, is now available. The wellness and prevention provisions of Title C are on pages 663 to 874.
~ U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleeen Sebelius, spoke at the Association of State and Territorial Health Organization's annual conference on the importance of prevention in the health reform legislation: Said Sebelius, "Public health is the backbone of this new health system …" Click here to read the Secretary's prepared remarks.
posted to the NASN Weekly Digest 10/23/09
 
Bill Introduced to Train School Nurses on Emergency Responsiveness
Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) introduced the School Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 3798) which would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or contracts to eligible entities to train school nurses to serve as first responders and crisis managers in the event of a biological or chemical attack, influenza outbreak, etc. that would affect individuals in a school building or on school grounds.  Click here to view more information on the bill.
posted to the NASN Weekly Digest 10/16/09