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Question: Choose one legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse, and discuss the importance of their role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bill(s) have they sponsored or supported that has/have influenced health care? Answer: Congressman Diane Black has been a registered nurse for over forty years. She had been elected to Congress first in the year 2010. She is the representative of Tennessees 6th Congressional District. Since she has a long experience of working in the field of health care she has first hand information about the problems which are faced by the health care providers as well as the patients. Black understands the significance of good quality care. Her experience has enabled her to become an effective and reliable leader concerning policies of health care in the Congress. She has fought for the rights of the unborn since the beginning of her career as a legislator. She has introduced the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act which puts a ban on Federal funds from going to the organizations which execute abortions (2013). Black was the one who sponsored the Health Care Conscious Rights Act. This Act serves to provide protection to the freedom of religion of such health care providers who decline to execute abortions. This legislation also gives exemption from the directive which requires employers to mandatorily render coverage for abortion. This mandate had been created by Obamacares Health and Human Services. She has been the co sponsor of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act; the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; the Protect Life Act. She is also the co sponsor of the American Health Care Reform Act which renders an approach to health care reform which is patient centric (Black.house.gov, 2011). We may conclude our study by stating that Diane Black has made significant contribution to the health care arena as a legislator. References 2013). Retrieved 16 June 2015, from https://black.house.gov/sites/black.house.gov/files/Official%20Biography_114th.pdf Black.house.gov,. (2011). Pro-Life | Congressman Diane Black. Retrieved 16 June 2015, from https://black.house.gov/issue/abortion