MNA 2023 Legislative Plan (updates to follow as bills make their way through the legislative process)
MONITORING
- Infectious disease reporting
- Nurse licensure compact for APRNs
- Department of labor change in licensing rules
OFFENSE: plan with potential bill draft
- Violence against Nurses and Healthcare Workers
- RN safe staffing standards
- Support the State Employee pay plan
DEFENSE: plan to work to halt bad legislation
- Anti-Public Health
- Right to Work (Protect the Blue-Eyed Nurse Bill and right to collectively bargain)
- State Pensions/Longevity
- Right to Privacy regarding Healthcare
- Full-practice authority for APRN’s
2023 Legislative Contact & Testimony Info Documents
2023 Comm-Leg-Cheat-Sheet FINAL
2023 Testimony-cheat-sheet FINAL
Steps-to-contact-a-Committee-Legislator
HB 568 and HB 590 Testifying Training Documents
HB 568 Safe Staffing Standards Talking Points
Important Bill Information
HB 590 – Revise labor laws relating to violence against healthcare workers
- Passed senate committee 10-0
- Passed 2nd senate reading 35-15
- Passed 3rd senate reading 26-19
- Returned to the house with amendments
HB 409 – APRN Compact
- Tabled in committee 10-0
HB 303 – Deny Care based on conscience objection for any employee of healthcare
- MNA opposes HB 303
SB 99 – SB 99 penalizes health care workers for providing services to youth who seek medical advice about being transgender
- MNA opposes SB99
HB 590 – MNA Workplace Violence Bill
- Call to Action
- Watch the 590 Hearing
- Passed in committee 19-0
- Passed in the house 91-8
- Passed third reading 92-6
HB 568 – MNA introduces Safe Staffing Legislation.
- Click here for HB 568 2/16 press release
- Watch the HB 568 Hearing
- Tabled in committee 13-6
HB 448 – Revise Laws related to Right to Work
- MNA opposes HB 448
- Rally at the Capitol
HB 645 – Prohibit Donations of certain blood (MNA opposes)
HB 409 – APRN Compact that adds minimum practice hours as requirement for advanced practice to obtain a multi-state license. (MNA opposes HB 409)
HB 303 – Deny Care based on conscience objection for any employee of healthcare
- MNA Opposes HB 303. Click here for testimony
SB 140 – Revise Nurse Union Membership. MNA opposes SB 140.
- Click here to watch RN testimony
- SB 140 has been tabled in committee
HB 216 – Revise union membership targeting public nurses and employees. MNA opposes HB 216