State what implications you perceive this will have on public health. State the pros and cons of your Bill, including the financial implications this Bill may have

State what implications you perceive this will have on public health. State the pros and cons of your Bill, including the financial implications this Bill may have

Discussion Forum 1: Public Health Policy As nurses, we are sometimes unaware of the legislative process. We need to advocate for our patients and our communities. Your assignment for this week is to go the following web-site: http://www.mass.gov/legis/ On the website you can click on the top bar ‘” Bills & Laws” this will then bring you to “Search Bills”. You can type in ‘health’ under keyword and you will need to pick a committee and then you can search the present bills or you could use terms such as ‘public health’, ‘nursing’ or ‘environment’. Once you have located a bill which is related to public health or nursing (can be any topic, which you have interest in) your assignment is to research/Google, evaluate and write up your chosen bill to meet the following five objectives: Summarize this Bill. State what implications you perceive this will have on public health. State the pros and cons of your Bill, including the financial implications this Bill may have. Include references from your text in your initial posting. TEXT Book : Stanhope, M. & Lancaster J. (2018). Foundations for population health in community/public health nursing. (5th Ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.