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	<title>Capitol Update &#187; Health and Human Services</title>
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		<title>ANA Submits Testimony in Support of Nursing Workforce Development Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANA submitted testimony to the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 appropriations for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and Nurse-Managed Health Clinics.]]></description>
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		<title>Council of State Governments Annual Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANA staff was in attendance at the recent annual meeting of the Council of State Governments (CSG) in Providence, Rhode Island. CSG provides an opportunity to interface with all three branches of state government: executive, legislative and judicial, as well as numerous stakeholders resulting in a rich dialogue about hot policy issues. Not surprisingly, several discussions were devoted to implementation of the new health care reform law.  A lively debate on the constitutionality of the health insurance mandates as well as a host of other legal challenges still left policy makers with a commitment to move forward with full implementation in 2014 just around the corner.]]></description>
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		<title>ANA Testifies on Capitol Hill in Support of Nursing Workforce Development Programs; Submits Statement on Safe Patient Handling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ANA First Vice President Debbie Hatmaker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 12, ANA First Vice President Debbie Hatmaker, PhD, RN-BC, SANE-A testified before the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on the need for additional funding for nursing workforce development programs.  In addition, ANA also submitted a statement for the record to the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety's hearing on Safe Patient Handling and Lifting Standards for a Safer American Workforce.]]></description>
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