UPDATE!
From the American Nurses Association…
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We need your help! The House of Representatives passed – The Save American Workers Act of 2015, H.R. 30 and now the Senate is considering the Forty Hours is Full Time Act of 2015, S. 30 — tell us how this law would affect you? We need your stories so we can demonstrate to Congress the negative impact this bill would have on nurses. CLICK HERE |
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The below message is from the American Nurses Association’s Government Affairs Team. Please contact our Tennessee Senators in Washington.
Lamar Alexander
202-224-4944
Email: http://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email
Bob Corker
Phone and Email Contact: http://www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailme
Visit this link to find your US Congressman: http://www.house.gov/htbin/findrep?
Nurses, this could affect you:
From ANA Government Affairs
Congress began the 114th session this week and hit the ground running. Today, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Save American Workers Act of 2015, H.R. 30. ANA opposes this legislation, which would change the current definition of full-time work under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), raising it to 40 hours per week from the current definition of 30 hours.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) sent a letter to the House of Representatives opposing this bill because the legislation would negatively impact those in jobs where full-time work involves less than 40 hours per week. This would include the 1.69 million RNs and APRNs who are employed by general medical and surgical hospitals, other specialty hospitals, and psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals. Typically, RNs who work in a hospital setting work a three day, 12 hour shift, with a workweek of 36 hours. If enacted, employers subject to the employer mandate would no longer be required to offer health insurance benefits to those working the regularly scheduled 36 hour workweek.
The Senate has not scheduled consideration of this bill and is unlikely to vote before the end of the month. The President has made a statement that he will veto the bill. ANA will continue to monitor the issue.
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Stay tuned,
Your ANA Government Affairs Team