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S 1205 114th Congress Senate

National Nurse Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to designate the same individual serving as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health.

Introduced: September 6, 2016 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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May 6, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 6, 2015
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 Latest action May 6, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 379 Identical bill National Nurse Act of 2015
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Sep 6, 2016
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Apr 7, 2016
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jul 15, 2015
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 6, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1205: National Nurse Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1205/
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"S. 1205: National Nurse Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1205/.
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S. 1205, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1205/.
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