Identify a nursing/health issue state bill that you support or do not support (for example: long working hours, under-staffing, mandatory overtime). Please write a short letter to your local politician. Please review the Chapter 44 Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and Collective Strategies – Letter Writing, a sample letter is provided (p396). Within your letter, you may use short citations to provide statistics or supporting evidence. Please respond to your classmates.
You may find bills at one of the two websites listed below:
Assembly:
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=advanced
State Senate:
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation