Ratify State Nurses Contract

Passed

Title Protection for Nurses

Passed

Oppose Public Employee Salary Freeze

MNA’s position passed

Mental Health Care Bed Capacity Expansion

Partially passes

Nursing Shortage – Expansion of Schools of Nursing

Failed to pass

Oppose Deep Cuts to GAMC and MinnesotaCare

Partial Success for MNA’s position

Mandatory Overtime Prevention Act

Passed

Anti-Terrorism Act

Passed

Oppose Interstate Licensure Bill

Support Border State Reciprocity Alternative

MNA’s position passed

Increase Cigarette Tax

Failed to pass

Nursing Education Act 

Failed to pass

Mandatory Overtime Prevention

Failed to pass

Cover All Kids 

Passed

Health Care Consumer Rights Act 

Passed

Mental Health Act 

Passed

Safe needle legislation

Passed

Consumer Rights in Health Care

Failed to pass

Clarifying the Definition of Maltreatment in the Vulnerable Adults Act (VAA)

Passed

Independent consumer appeals for disputes with health plans

Passed

Passage of Advanced Practice Nurse Bill

Passed

Oppose legislation to create Interstate Nursing License Compact

Withdrawn

Keep Tobacco Settlement money in Health Care

Passed

Support Improvements in Multi-Cultural Health

Failed to pass

Support School Nurse Immunization Funding

Failed to pass

Establish a consumer assistance office for health care

Passed

Protect non-profit status of Minnesota hospitals

Passed

Vetoed by Governor

Secure Federal Kid Care Funding

Passed

Oppose legislation to infringe on RN Scope of Practice

No legislation offered

Preserve youth access to tobacco legislation

Not challenged

MinnesotaCare Enrollment Expansion

Passed

Patient Protection Act

Passed

Welfare Reform

Passed

Nurse Practice Act Revisions

MNA’s Position Prevailed

Pension Enhancement for Corrections Nurses

Passed

Advanced Practice Nurse Initiative

Portions of this bill passed

48 hour Maternity Bill

Passed

RN First Assistants Reimbursement

Passed

Increased Penalties for Assaulting Emergency Room Nurses

Passed

Vulnerable Adults Act

Passed

Minnesota Care Expansion

Passed

Nursing Education Initiative (Project LINC and Funding for Nurses of Color)

Passed

Reimbursement Requirements for Prescriptions written by APNs

Passed

Pension Enhancement for Corrections Nurses

Failed

Health Care Reform Phase III

Passed

Pension Enhancement for Corrections Nurses

Failed to Pass

Reinstatement of School Nurse Licensure Rule

Passed

Prescription writing authority for Psych CNS nurses

Passed

Advanced Practice Nurse Dispensing

Passed

Phase II of Health Care Reform

Passed

Development of Rural Clinical practice sites

Passed

Nurses of Color Scholarships

Passed

Human Rights Amendment

Passed

Pension Enhancement for Corrections Nurses

Failed to Pass

Health Care Reform

Passed

Legislation Increasing criminal penalties for assaulting a public health nurse

(vetoed in 1991)  Passed

Rural Health Initiatives

(vetoed in 1991)  Passed

Home Visiting by Public Health Nurses

Passed

Health Care Reform

Passed Legislation /Governor Vetoed

Rural Health Initiatives

Passed Legislation/ Governor Vetoed

LTC Agenda including Pre-admission Screening Changes/ Block Nurse Program funding/ Funding for SAIL Project

Passed

Legislation increasing criminal penalties for assaulting a public health nurse

Legislation passed/ Governor Veto

Pay Equity Legislation (Equal pay for equal work)

Passed

Prescribing Authority for Nurse Practitioners

Passed

Nursing Scholarships for nurses working in Rural Communities

Passed

Establishment of RN Completion program in SW Minnesota

Passed

Legal Recognition of Living Wills

Passed

Health Insurance for the Uninsured

Failed to pass but established a Health Care Commission to study issue 

Revisions to Nurse Practice Act

Passed

Full Coverage for Nurses under Employee Right to Know Law

Passed