Legislative Plan

We support that a decrease nurse-to-patient ratio is imperative to safety and successful outcomes within the hospital. in the very near future, we plan to contact key stakeholders and legislators to spread this information in order to facilitate support on our behalf. We plan to contact the sponsor of this bill (Sen. Daniel K. Inouye) in order to inform him that we are supporters of his bill. We also plan to contact Rep. Louis Capps (D-CA) becasue she is concerned with a minimum nurse staffing ratios in Medicare participating hospitals. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) is a co-sponsor of a related bill HR. 4138 a bill to ammend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to impose minimum nurse-patient ratios in Medicare participating hospitals, and other purposes. We plan to contact Governer Timothy Kaine becuase he represents us and the state of Virginia. We plan to contact nurses, and health administrators.