AACN's Latest Advocacy, Coalition, and Policy Efforts
October 31: AACN sent a letter to the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) responding to their Request for Information for their Fiscal Year (FY) 2027-2031 Strategic Plan. AACN also signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter responding to the RFI as well.
October 29: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter to House Nursing Caucus Vice Co-Chair and nurse, Representative Lauren Underwood (D_IL-14) thanking her for introducing the bipartisan Educating Future Nurses Act (H.R.10410), which would create a national Graduate Nursing Education program. House Nursing Caucus Vice Co-Chair and nurse, Representative Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), and House Nursing Caucus Co-Chair, Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), are original cosponsors of the bill.
October 29: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter thanking Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL-16) and Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44) for introducing the Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act (H.R.1616) and urging its passage this Congress.
October 22: AACN was one of 394 organizations that signed onto an Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research letter to Congressional leadership as well as the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging them to finalize Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the National Institutes of Health in a robust, bipartisan manner.
October 15: AACN signed onto an American Council on Education (ACE) letter to the Department of Education expressing concerns with their proposed rule, "Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions for the Decennial Census of the Population of Americans."
October 2: AACN sent a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, to advance the Educating Future Nurses Act (H.R.10410), the PRECEPT Nurses Act (S.131), and the Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act (S.1548).
September 23: AACN signed onto an American Council on Education (ACE) letter to the Department of Education expressing concerns with their proposed revisions to the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR).