118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2536 — NURSE Act of 2023

“A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide training materials for the use of health care professionals to inform their patients about the availability of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.”

Agriculture and food

Introduced Jul 26, 2023

Last action Jul 26, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

Step 1

Introduced

Jul 26, 2023

Step 2

Referred

Jul 26, 2023

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Step 3

Committee

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Senate

Step 5

House floor

Step 6

Resolve Changes

Step 7

Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to (1) develop training materials for health care professionals on how to inform their patients about the availability of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits; and (2) perform outreach to hospitals, universities, and nursing associations on the availability of the training materials.

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jul 26, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jul 26, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.