You will search for a current state or federal bill, or local ordinance, relevant to nursing, patient care, or health care that has not been passed into law. Bills may be located at The Library of Congress THOMAS website link in the Reading & Study folder. You may also electronically search your state’s legislative or local government website for information. Again, you may not write about a topic or issue that has already been passed into law. Once you have chosen your bill, you will utilize the specific details of your findings to write a letter on its behalf.

Once you find a bill related to nursing, consider major influences that affect health care policy within the United States health care system, regulatory, and legislative processes when writing the letter.

The assignment will consist of:

• title page
• one page formal business letter
• reference page citing the bill

The title page and reference page documenting the bill must be written in current APA format and include the link to the bill. The letter will be typed using 1-inch margins in professional/formal business letter writing format appropriate to send to a member of congress.

The letter must include the following: Name and number of the bill (senate or house bill); the bill you will research; and a synopsis of what the bill proposes. What funding considerations are discussed and is there any consideration for funding the legislation? If no funding sources are identified, propose where the funding will come from based on your reading. Advocate and support your position on the bill, pro or con based on your values and Biblical Worldview. Why is this legislation important to nursing, patients or healthcare, and the population you are advocating for, e.g. school children?