Urgent Bill Actions - Contact the PHWL Committee Today

"Scope Bill Week" starts Monday 2/13/17

Reminder

Our time is very short…we only have a few days until the scope of practice bills will be heard in Public Health Welfare and Labor Committee…these bills include legislation that will impact the practice of nursing and many have the potential to improve access to care in Arkansas. The bills will be heard the week of Feb. 13th, so join our grassroots effort and Take Action today! 

Here's all you need to do...

Please take a moment and go to www.nursesforarkansas.com to learn about the issues, read and/or download the actual bills, and utilize the Take Action tab to send prewritten and editable letters to your legislators directly from the website. 

When communicating with your legislator, please ask them to support or oppose the bills according to this VOTE YES/NO chart and let us know their response using a short survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BMLQC2B

VOTE YES
HB 1180	Signature Authority for APRNs
HB 1181	Transition to Prescriptive Authority
HB 1182	APRNs Recognized as PCPs in Medicaid System
HB 1186	Removes the Mandatory Collaborative Practice Agreement
HB 1228	Amends APRN Prescriptive Authority to Include Schedule II-IV drugs
SB 171	Removes Supervision Requirement of CRNAs by Physicians
VOTE NO
HB 1254	Moves APRN Regulation from ASBN to Arkansas Medical Board
HB 1205	Creates an “anesthesiologist assistant” – new licensure role able to perform all anesthesia duties as delegated and supervised by anesthesiologists.  Training program as approved only by Ark State Medical Board, no language in bill on education requirements to apply for certificate program.

 

Together, nurses can have a strong voice in our state legislature!

See the Attached PHWL Committee member list.

Sincerely,

The Arkansas Nursing Policy Roundtable
The Arkansas Nurse Practitioner Association