Today, January 9, marks the first day of the 2019 New York State Legislature and NYSNA has announced it with a call to pass safe staffing legislation NOW! Please read our official press release here.
The ACA and the progress that we've made with healthcare is once again under attack—this time by a federal judge in Texas. This decision must not stand or it will strip millions of Americans of basic health care services and deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.
On November 29, 2017, Governor Cuomo signed S.1869 (Hannon)/A.7277 (Gottfried), legislation enabling nurse practitioners to execute medical orders not to resuscitate and other orders pertaining to withholding and/or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, as Chapter 430 of the laws of 2017.