April 5, 2018 • Advocacy federal news Workplace Violence

ENA Supports Federal Legislation to Reduce Workplace Violence Against Health Care Workers

March 28, 2018 • Pediatric

ENA Applauds Increased Funding for the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program as Part of Omnibus Appropriations Bill

ENA applauds Congress for including $22.3 million in funding – a $2.2 million increase over last year – for the Emergency Medical Services for Children program as part of the fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill. The President’s budget proposal had called for the elimination of the EMSC program.

March 8, 2018 • Automated Devices federal news Goverment Safety

ENA Signs Letter to Senate Leadership Raising Concerns Regarding Lack of Safety Protections in Driverless Car Legislation

February 27, 2018

Two Priority Public Health Bills Supported by ENA Pass the House

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) applauds the House for passing two of ENA’s public health legislative priorities yesterday.

January 30, 2018 • Good Samaritan Volunteer

ENA Supports Bills to Protect Emergency Nurses Volunteering During Disasters

The Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act will protect emergency nurses and other health care providers who volunteer their time and services during a disaster from some liability claims.

January 26, 2018

ENA Joins Nursing Community Coalition Letter to Senate and House Appropriations Committees in Support of Nursing Workforce Development Programs and the National Institute of Nursing Research

December 14, 2017 • CDC federal news Gun Violence Research

ENA Supports Gun Violence Research Bill, Advancing General Assembly Resolution

The Gun Violence Research Act will ensure that future appropriations bills will not prevent federal funding from sponsoring research exploring the root causes and mitigation strategies for gun violence.

November 29, 2017 • federal news Goverment

ENA Joins Nursing Community Coalition in Responding to AMA Effort to Impede Access to Qualified Providers

November 20, 2017 • EMS standing orders

ENA Applauds the Signing of Legislation Allowing EMS Personnel to Continue Administering Life-Saving Medication

ENA applauds Congress for passing, and President Trump for signing into law, the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act. The new law, one of ENA’s legislative priorities, amends the Controlled Substances Act to ensure EMS personnel may use standing orders to administer a controlled substance in cases in which a delay in treatment could result in harm or death to the patient.

October 25, 2017 • News

ENA Applauds Senate on Passage of Bill to Allow Use of Standing Orders by Emergency Medical Services

Without passage of H.R. 304, EMS practitioners may lose the ability to administer life-saving medications to treat a medical emergency.

October 19, 2017 • federal news Safety

ENA Supports House Bill to Improve Quality, Safety in Air Ambulance Services

The Air Ambulance Quality and Accountability Act will result in the development of minimum standards for quality in air ambulance services paid for by Medicare. This will help improve the quality of these services as well as safety for patients and crew.

September 21, 2017

ENA Urges Opposition to New Senate Legislation to Repeal ACA

Without significant changes to address access to care for emergency department patients, the Emergency Nurses Association is opposed to the passage of the recently-released legislation designed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act proposed by Senators Lindsey Graham, Bill Cassidy, Dean Heller and Ron Johnson.​

August 11, 2017 • Human Trafficking

ENA Supports Legislation to Train Health Care Workers to Identify Victims of Human Trafficking (House Letter)

I am writing to express our support for H.R. 767, the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Act. This important and timely legislation will ensure that health care providers across the country are trained to identify and assist victims of human trafficking.

August 11, 2017 • Human Trafficking

ENA Supports Legislation to Train Health Care Workers to Identify Victims of Human Trafficking (Senate Letter)

I am writing to express our support for H.R. 767, the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Act. This important and timely legislation will ensure that health care providers across the country are trained to identify and assist victims of human trafficking.

July 25, 2017 • Legislation News

Emergency Nurses Association Opposes Senate Legislation to Repeal ACA Without Significant Improvements

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) today issued the following statement in opposition to the passage of any bill in the Senate that would overhaul the Affordable Care Act without protecting emergency health care services and access to care for those who suffer from a mental illness or substance use disorder:

June 22, 2017 • News

ENA Joins Nursing Community Statement to Senate on Health Care Principles

As the Administration and Congress address health reform, our coalition stands ready to support the following ideals that are at the forefront of the national dialogue...

June 16, 2017 • Legislation News

ENA Sends Letter to Senate Leadership on Protecting Access to Emergency Care in Health Care Reform Legislation

On behalf of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and our more than 43,000 members, I am writing to urge the Senate, as it considers legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to include provisions that protect access to affordable and meaningful health care coverage, especially for patients requiring treatment in our nation’s emergency departments (EDs).

May 24, 2017 • Legislation News

Emergency Nurses, Emergency Medical Service Providers and Children’s Advocates Oppose Proposal to Eliminate Emergency Medical Services for Children Program

The following organizations join the statement below, opposing President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate funding for the EMSC program in his fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget: the American Ambulance Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs, Children’s Health Fund, Emergency Nurses Association, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, National Association of State EMS Officials, National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Earth Institute, National EMS Management Association and Save the Children.

May 16, 2017 • Legislation News

ENA Joins Health, Safety Advocates in Letter to Senate Committee Leaders Opposing Relaxation of Federal Limits for Semi-Truck Size and Weight

Our broad and diverse coalition would like to express our opposition to any efforts to increase federal truck size and weight limits including the creation of any “pilot programs” or special interest exemptions to evade current limits. We respectfully request that this letter be included in the hearing record.

April 21, 2017 • Legislation News

Support of Nursing Workforce Development Programs and the National Institute of Nursing Research

The 58 undersigned members of the Nursing Community respectfully request $244 million for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Nursing Workforce Development programs (authorized under Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.]) and $160 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), one of the 27 Institutes and Centers within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1 as you work to complete your FY 2018 appropriations bill.