On March 20, the full House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously voted (48-0) to advance the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act of 2024. Endorsed by the Healthcare Workforce Coalition, the bipartisan bill is intended to help address mental health challenges and burnout among the country’s healthcare workforce. Recognizing the significant mental health challenges…
WASHINGTON – Representatives of the Healthcare Workforce Coalition – a coalition of healthcare stakeholders from across disciplines and the healthcare continuum advocating for common-sense solutions to the workforce shortage – are today meeting with lawmakers and legislative staff on Capitol Hill to advocate for policy solutions to bolster, retain, and sustain America’s healthcare workforce and better…
Washington, DC – The Healthcare Workforce Coalition applauds Congress for supporting a bipartisan resolution to designate today, March 18, 2024, as Health Workforce Well-Being Day of Awareness. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), who introduced the resolution, chose the date to coincide with the day that the landmark Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider…
On March 12, the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee advanced a variety of healthcare bills including the Reauthorization of the Dr. Lorna Breen Provider Protection Act (H.R. 7153/S. 3679). Specifically: Originally passed in 2022, reauthorization of the Dr. Lorna Breen Act would expand grants to more hospitals and other healthcare settings to support programs…
Washington, D.C. – The Healthcare Workforce Coalition today announced its endorsement of H.R. 7153/S. 3679, which would reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Reps. Susan Wild (D-PA-7), Buddy Carter (R-GA-1), Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6), and Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA-2) in the House and Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN)…
WASHINGTON – Launched in late 2023 in response to the escalating healthcare workforce crisis, the Healthcare Workforce Coalition continues to advocate for bipartisan legislative solutions to bolster and better support our nation’s healthcare workforce. Virtually every care setting, from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities, currently faces a severe shortage of nurses, physicians, and allied health…
Covid-19 burnout and understaffed hospital wards have taken their toll on the nursing profession. An April 2023 study found that overworked nursing professionals and understaffing have driven “an overall 3.3% decline in the U.S. nursing workforce during the past 2 years.”
The Healthcare Workforce Coalition today announced its endorsement of the bipartisan Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (H.R. 2584 / S. 2768), which aims to protect hospital employees from violence in the workplace. The Senate bill was introduced on September 12 by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Marco Rubio (R-FL). Reps. Larry Bucshon,…