Legislative Updates

Posted over 12 years ago by Christen Standiford

This announcement has 5 attachments:

4-13 Legislative Round up (23 KB)

Letter from Consumer (16 KB)

Letter from Physician (16 KB)

Letter from APRN (16 KB)

Telemedicine RUle (560 KB)

Hi NPPCG Members!

Thank you everyone who came out on Tuesday! Please see below from our colleagues at the CAPRN:

- See 4-13 Legislative Roundup document

- The Board of Medicine has issued a new set of proposed rules, 360-3-.07, pertaining to the provision of care by telehealthmeans that will directly affect the Scope of Practice of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Georgia.

Request for Response: Please reply by stating how the adoption of these regulations will affect your ability to provide care for your patients.

A prior proposal in the fall of 2013 that restricted current practice of APRN’s in Georgia was withdrawn, partly due to comments detailing the negative effects on provision of care to patients by non-physician providers. It will be necessary again to respond with both formal comments and testimony at any hearings about this proposed rule

The proposed rule and timeline for providing input to the Board of Medicine are attached. Please note that the actual draft language of rule 360-3-.07 is found about halfway through the document.

Please send any comments to :

Laura Searcy

Policy Director

Legislative Liaison
Coalition of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
678-886-4503

- For SB 94 we need to start to send letters to representatives now.

I am attaching 3 versions of letters (see attachments) to house of representaive members (one from APRN, one from physician, and one from Consumer (ie: patients, our families)) and the full House contact list as well as the Health and Human Services Committee list (where bill will start next year).

I think it is a good idea to start collecting stories and letters now.

Just in case I am out with baby for next NP Council meeting.

Thanks!

Ashley