Time Critical Legislative Update

As always, thank you to Ashley and the Coalition of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses for this update. Please see below: 

The legislature reconvened today for day 34. SB 386 is assigned to the House Health and Human Services Committee, but has not yet been scheduled to be heard in committee. As time left in this legislative session is very short, intense grassroots activity is necessary to get the bill acted on in committee and moved out for a vote. It is critical that the following occur over the next three days. Every individual effort is important. Please take the time to respond. 

Two actions are necessary 

1) Please contact the members of the House Health and Human Services Committee, especially Chairman Sharon Cooper. Let them know how passage of this bill will improve your ability to care for patients, improve quality, reduce unnecessary cost, duplication of services, etc. If you are a constituent, please identify yourself as such. If you have any relationship with Chairman Cooper of Vice-chairman Rynders, please let me know. The contact information for the committee is Here

2) Please contact your local House of Representatives member and ask them to support SB 386 and why. If you do not know who your Representative is, you can find this out by going to www.votesmart.org Links to contact information for all of the House of Representatives members is found Here

Again, I can’t emphasize enough the impact that your efforts in contacting your elected representatives has. 

Let’s all work together and get this bill through! 

Thanks 

Laura Searcy APRN, BC 
Legislative Liaison 
Coalition of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses 
678-886-4503