US Congress House Bill 485 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 95-8-1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Nurse Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the position of National Nurse for Public Health within the Office of the Surgeon General. Requires the individual serving as the National Nurse for Public Health to serve also as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service. Includes among the duties of such position 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, conducting media campaigns, and 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 2013

Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-02-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB1475 (Related) 2013-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/485/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr485/BILLS-113hr485ih.pdf