AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS

Ensuring Veterans Timely Access to Anesthesia Care Act (H.R. 2234) - Issues pertaining to aligning VA policy with Defense Health Agency guidelines for CRNAs in VA facilities Reimbursement for VA CRNAs Full Practice Authority for VA CRNAs

Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 3593/ S. 1847) - Issues pertaining to the reauthorization of the Title VIII program Title VIII Funding for FY 26 and FY 27 (H.R. 1) One Big Beautiful Bill Act- implementation and federal student loan limits

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 (S. 2587) - Issues pertaining to increased funding for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Programs. Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act (H.R. 1317/S. 575)- issues pertaining to removing barriers to APRNs in Medicare and Medicaid (S.1874/H.R. 3593) Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 - Supporting the reauthorization of Nursing Workforce Development Programs (H.R.6545) Anesthesia for All Act - Issues surrounding cannabis rescheduling and related research and pain care Justice Department Launces Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force (Docket No. ATR-2025-0001) - Issues pertaining to Medicare supervision, VA, and provider nondiscrimination Development of Non-Opioid Analgesics for Chronic Pain (Docket No. FDA-2025-D-0610) - Supporting the involvement of CRNAs in the non-opioid pain relief Provider nondiscrimination Anti-competitive practices CRNA Scope of Practice CRNA Reimbursement Rural Healthcare Nursing Workforce Nurse Education

Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act (H.R. 1317/S. 575)- issues pertaining to removing barriers to APRNs in Medicare and Medicaid Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings; and Hospital Price Transparency (CMS-1834-P) - Issues related to CRNAs Request for Information (RFI): Ensuring Lawful Regulation and Unleashing Innovation to Make America Healthy Again (90 Fed.Reg. 20478) -Issues pertaining to removing supervision requirements for CRNAs in Medicare and to modify 42 CFR 482.52 so that anesthesia services can be under the direction of a CRNA Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2026 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program [RIN 0938-AV50]CMS-1832-P - Issues pertaining to participation in APMs, Medicare Part B payment reform, and use of empirical data for service valuation Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation of the Medicare Program (Executive Order 14192)- Request for Information - Issues pertaining to removing physician supervision of CRNAs Medicare Administrative Contractor Coverage Determinations Medicare Reimbursement CRNA Scope of Practice Rural Healthcare Medicare Teaching Rules Provider Nondiscrimination Funding for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Programs

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1) - Issues pertaining to Medicaid cuts Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 (H.R. 5304/S. 2587) - Issues pertaining to increased funding for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Programs Fiscal Year 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 3944) - Issues pertaining to improving practice standards for CRNAs within the VA

Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act of 2025 (S.1548/H.R.3145) - Issues pertaining to changing the tax status of the Nurse Corp program to ensure the program is no longer subject to federal taxes. PRECEPT Nurse Act (H.R. 392/S. 131) - Issues pertaining to tax credits for clinicians who serve as preceptors for nursing students