Legislative Process & Healthcare Lobbying

Legislative Process & Healthcare Lobbying

This assessment requires you to describe the legislative process and the role of the nurse as a healthcare policy advocate. Your paper will consist of two parts:

Part 1:

  • A clear and complete discussion of the legislative process

Part 2:

  • 21st Century CURES Act. (https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ255/PLAW-114publ255.pdf)
  • View Title IX: Promoting Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Care, Subtitle A: Helping Individuals and Families.
  • Choose 3 sections of this Subtitle and describe the details of these sections.
  • Describe how the specifics of this legislation will impact nursing care, positively or negatively. Explain your own position, and explain why using research-based fact, not just your own opinion.

Make sure you also include a clear, separate introduction and conclusion as a part of this assignment,

  • Students will be able to examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of healthcare.

References

Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials (Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing) and two (2) peer-reviewed references.

All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

Number of Pages/Words all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.

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