AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS

Department of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and related agencies appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026. (H.R. 5304/S. 2587) - Issues pertaining to funding for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act (H.R. 1317/S. 575) - Issues pertaining to Barriers in Medicare for CRNAs and APRNs Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 3593/S.1874) - Issues pertaining to Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs Accelerating the Adoption and Use of Artificial Intelligence as Part of Clinical Care [RIN 0955-AA13] - Issues pertaining to adoption and use of AI in clinical care - follow up with ONC clinical team Provider Nondiscrimination and related anesthesia access and payor reimbursement NUCC Taxonomy issues Anti-competitive practices CRNA Scope of Practice CRNA Reimbursement Rural Healthcare Nursing Workforce Nurse Education

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 Full practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses (38 CFR 17.415) Full Practice Authority for VA CRNAs VA National Standards of Practice

Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act (H.R. 1317/S. 575)- issues pertaining to removing barriers to APRNs in Medicare and Medicaid Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act (H.R. 9642) - Issues pertaining to Medicare's Rural Pass Through Program Educating Future Nurses Act (H.R. 10410) - Issues pertaining to the establishment of a permanent National Graduate Nurse Education Program to provide clinical training to advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (91 FR 19312) - Issues pertaining to CJR-X, Hospital IQR Program Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule RIN 0938-AV83 Medicare Advantage Provider Directory (Section 6220 of Public Law 119-75) - Issues pertaining to Sources of truth, verification approaches, update cadence, and removal of non-participating providers Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2027 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 (91 FR 43842) Rural Health Transformation Program (Section 71401 of Public Law 119-21) - Issues pertaining to CRNA Medicare Supervision Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Conditions of Participation for Hospitals (51 FR 22010 and 66 Fed Reg 4674) Medicare Reimbursement CRNA Scope of Practice Rural Healthcare Medicare Teaching Rules Funding for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Programs Removing Conditions of Participation and Conditions for Coverage requiring physician supervision for CRNAs Issues pertaining to Barriers in Medicare for CRNAs and APRNs

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 (H.R. 9260) - Issues pertaining to increased funding for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Programs Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Program funding VHA anesthesia access Medicare supervision requirements Access to clinical training sites Provider non-discrimination and related anesthesia access and payer reimbursement issues

PRECEPT Nurse Act (H.R. 392/S. 131) - Issues pertaining to tax credits for clinicians who serve as preceptors for nursing students

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 Fiscal Year 2026 and Fiscal Year 2027 Nursing is a Professional Degree Act (S.4568/H.R.8691) - Issues pertaining to graduate student loan limits for APRNs. Professional Student Degree Act (H.R. 6718) - Issues pertaining to graduate student loan limits for APRNs.

States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act (H.R.2332) - Issues related to technical corrections to current law to ensure states belonging to interstate occupational licensure compacts receive federal criminal background check information through a smooth and efficient process