Recent Activity

HPNA recently sent a letter to Capitol Hill thanking Senate appropriators for including funding for palliative care research, nursing workforce, and other priorities in the Senate Fiscal Year 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.

In July, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health advanced a Fiscal Year 2025 Labor-HHS Appropriations bill that included significant cuts to programs that impact nurses, specifically, an $18 million decrease from FY 2024 levels for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and a reorganization of the National Institutes of Health that would consolidate the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) into a new National Institute on Health Sciences Research. HPNA continues to work with coalition partners to ensure that these concerning provisions are not included in the final bill.

HPNA recently sent comments to Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) on several key provisions of the Hospice CARE Act discussion draft.

The National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care highlights equitable access to high-intensity palliative care.

As we celebrate National Nurses Week, May 6th – 12th, 64 members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) urge Congress to support our current and future nurses, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), nurse leaders, boards of nursing, faculty, and scientists.