IACNS Legislative/Regulatory Committee Update- November 24, 2025

Key Dates for Upcoming 2026 General Session:

• November 18th was Organization Day at the Statehouse- first official day of the session- both the Senate and House voted to adjourn until January 5th 
• Advocacy Opportunities:
  • CAPNI Advocacy Day is Tuesday January 20th
  • Nurses Day at the Statehouse – available to all nurses February 19th, 1-4 PM RSVP for Nurses Day at the Statehouse here.

For more resources visit: https://iacns.nursingnetwork.com/page/101391-advocacy-resources.

To find your legislators: https://iga.in.gov/information/find-legislators.

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Nursing Graduate Student Exclusions from Professional Loan Caps:

• Department of Education (DE) and the Reimaging and Improving Student Education (RISE) Committee announced provisions limiting government support for unsubsidized education loans for graduate education. These would exclude post BSN programs from the higher “professional” degree annual and total caps.
  • Graduate students will have cap of $100,000 with annual limit of $20,500
  • Professional students will have cap of $200,000 with annual limit of $50,000
• These provisions may negatively impact those seeking advanced practice education and our patients by limiting available health care services particularly in our rural communities.
• CALL TO ACTION: CONTACT your CONGRESSIONAL Legislator!
  • Sign the ANA RNAction Petition
  • For more information check out the ISNA Advocacy Alert

For additional questions please feel free to contact one of your IACNS Legislative/Regulatory Committee Members.