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ANA's Nationwide State Legislative Agenda - 2002
Legislation Enacted
This is the second year Constituent Member Associations (CMAs) and ANA are working in concert to implement a Nationwide State Legislative Agenda on Staffing that focuses on prohibition of mandatory overtime; mandatory development and implementation of valid and reliable nurse staffing systems; whistleblower protections for nurses who want to report unsafe conditions without retribution; mandatory collection of nursing supply and demand data for state nursing workforce projections; collection and public reporting of nursing-sensitive quality data related to RN staffing and patient outcomes; and funding for nursing education. As of December, 2002, the following state legislation was backed by CMAs:
Prohibition of Mandatory Overtime
- Enacted: ME, MD, MN, NJ, OR, TX [regulations], WA
Mandatory Development and Implementation of Valid and Reliable Nurse Staffing Systems
- Enacted: KY, NV [regulations], TX [regulations], OR
Whistleblower Protection
- Enacted: KY, MA, MD, NM, NJ, NY, OH, OR, TX, WV, WI
Collection of Nursing Workforce Data
- Enacted: FL, GA, KY, MS, NE, ND, NY, SD, TN, TX, WI
Collection and Public Reporting of Nursing Quality Indicators
- Enacted: NJ [regulations], FL, RI, TX [regulations]
Funding for Nursing Education
- Enacted: AZ, FL, IA, IL, KY, LA, MI, NE, OR, RI, SD, TX, VA, WV
In this biennium, over 230,000 bills were introduced in state legislatures and approximately 60,000 bills address health issues. State Government Relations monitors over 1,000 bills. In this report, each easy-to-read page captures a moment in time, a snapshot of what is happening in every state on a particular topic. A description accompanies each map and provides a succinct summary of the more prominent bills State Government Relations staff is monitoring and, whenever possible supplies a two-year or more historic perspective.
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