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NASXXX10.1177/1942602X14563352NASN School NurseNASN School Nurse
Government Affairs 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 925 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 866-627-6767 (phone) 301-585-1791 (fax) [email protected] (email) www.nasn.org
NASN Legislative Priorities for 2015 Updated April 2015 •• NASN supports a demonstration grant program to fund school nurses based on Title I designation (free and reduced lunch and breakfast). Grants will be “paid for” through the Prevention Fund under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Poverty is frequently an indicator of health needs. All students should be able to have their health needs safely met while in the school setting. The current reality is that students today have greater health care needs than in past generations. Children cannot meet their full potential with unmet heath needs. Members of Congress are urged to ensure that all children have access to a school nurse. •• As the Congress begins to work on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), NASN requests the inclusion of Specialized Instructional Support Personnel (SISP) throughout legislative language. As essential members of Specialized Instructional Support Personnel, school nurses provide a critical link to school success for many students. Members of Congress are urged to enact comprehensive legislation, which includes SISP and the importance of prevention and intervention services for students. Both the House and Senate have marked up their versions of ESEA, which include SISP language; each House of Congress now needs to pass their respective versions so they can go to a Conference Committee and ultimately to the president for his signature. •• NASN supports the reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides vital health insurance for children. CHIP finances quality health coverage for more than 8 million children in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford private health coverage. NASN has long supported CHIP and other programs that help ensure all children are covered by quality, affordable health insurance. CHIP funding runs out on October 1, 2015. Unless Congress acts, millions of families will lose access to affordable coverage for their children. Congress passed reauthorized CHIP funding through 2017. NASN will be working with Congress to fund CHIP for the remaining two years, through 2019.
DOI: 10.1177/1942602X15588505 For reprints and permission queries visit SAGE’s Web site, http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav. © 2015 The Author(s) 206 NASN School Nurse | July 2015
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research-article2014
NASXXX10.1177/1942602X14563352NASN School NurseNASN School Nurse
Government Affairs 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 925 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 866-627-6767 (phone) 301-585-1791 (fax) [email protected] (email) www.nasn.org
NASN Legislative Priorities for 2015 Updated April 2015 •• NASN supports a demonstration grant program to fund school nurses based on Title I designation (free and reduced lunch and breakfast). Grants will be “paid for” through the Prevention Fund under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Poverty is frequently an indicator of health needs. All students should be able to have their health needs safely met while in the school setting. The current reality is that students today have greater health care needs than in past generations. Children cannot meet their full potential with unmet heath needs. Members of Congress are urged to ensure that all children have access to a school nurse. •• As the Congress begins to work on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), NASN requests the inclusion of Specialized Instructional Support Personnel (SISP) throughout legislative language. As essential members of Specialized Instructional Support Personnel, school nurses provide a critical link to school success for many students. Members of Congress are urged to enact comprehensive legislation, which includes SISP and the importance of prevention and intervention services for students. Both the House and Senate have marked up their versions of ESEA, which include SISP language; each House of Congress now needs to pass their respective versions so they can go to a Conference Committee and ultimately to the president for his signature. •• NASN supports the reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides vital health insurance for children. CHIP finances quality health coverage for more than 8 million children in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford private health coverage. NASN has long supported CHIP and other programs that help ensure all children are covered by quality, affordable health insurance. CHIP funding runs out on October 1, 2015. Unless Congress acts, millions of families will lose access to affordable coverage for their children. Congress passed reauthorized CHIP funding through 2017. NASN will be working with Congress to fund CHIP for the remaining two years, through 2019.
DOI: 10.1177/1942602X15588505 For reprints and permission queries visit SAGE’s Web site, http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav. © 2015 The Author(s) 206 NASN School Nurse | July 2015
Downloaded from nas.sagepub.com at Kungl Tekniska Hogskolan / Royal Institute of Technology on November 13, 2015
