Bill Details
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2025-01-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced Date
2025-01-24
Policy Area
Health
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This House resolution recognizes Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, also known as CRNAs, for their long history of helping people safely receive anesthesia and pain management care. It says they play an important role in the health care system, especially in rural and underserved areas where they often help make surgeries, childbirth care, trauma care, and pain treatment available. The resolution also highlights their work in hospitals, doctors’ offices, ambulatory surgery centers, and military, veterans, and public health facilities. In addition, it supports National CRNA Week and encourages the public and health care leaders to value and use CRNAs to their full ability.
- It thanks CRNAs for more than 150 years of service in providing anesthesia and pain care.
- It notes that CRNAs safely give more than 58 million anesthetics each year.
- It says CRNAs are especially important in rural America, where they help keep key health services available.
- It encourages patients, hospital leaders, health care workers, and policymakers to recognize CRNAs and support National CRNA Week.
Official Summaries
This resolution recognizes the service of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and encourages participation in National CRNA Week.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 67 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 67
Recognizing the roles and the contributions of Americas Certified
Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their critical role in
providing quality health care for the public and the Nation's Armed
Forces for more than 150 years and through multiple public health
emergencies and beyond.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 24, 2025
Ms. Schakowsky (for herself, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Tonko, Ms.
Bonamici, and Ms. Norton) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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RESOLUTION
Recognizing the roles and the contributions of Americas Certified
Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their critical role in
providing quality health care for the public and the Nation's Armed
Forces for more than 150 years and through multiple public health
emergencies and beyond.
Whereas Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are essential to
America's health care system, providing high-quality, cost-effective
anesthesia and pain management care for more than 150 years as the first
anesthesia providers;
Whereas CRNAs safely administer more than 58,000,000 anesthetics to patients
each year;
Whereas CRNAs are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural America,
enabling health care facilities in these medically underserved areas to
offer obstetrical, surgical, trauma stabilization, and pain management
services for millions of underserved and at-risk people;
Whereas CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered,
including traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery
rooms, the offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, and
plastic surgeons, ambulatory surgical centers, and United States
Military and Public Health Services and Department of Veterans Affairs
medical facilities; and
Whereas the purpose of National CRNA Week, held January 19, 2025, through
January 25, 2025, is to raise public awareness of and celebrate the
Nation's 65,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and student
registered nurse anesthetists: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives thanks and promotes the
profession of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their
incredible, selfless, and dedicated service for over 150 years, by
encouraging patients, hospital administrators, health care
professionals, policymakers, and others to utilize CRNAs to their full
potential and to recognize the work of CRNAs by participating in
National CRNA Week.
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