Continue to Support HB1258
Posted about 3 years ago by ANPA Admin in Legislation
Despite conversation with AANP, they decided they cannot support Arkansas's path to remove collaborative practice agreement from HB1258. If you are an AANP member, you will receive an email from them this evening. Remember ANPA negotiated compromises to this bill because SB186 will not be running this session.
AANP's concern is the creation of the credentialing committee outside of the Board of Nursing. Although, this is is not the national standard, it is the best path for FPA this session for Arkansas. Opposing HB1258 will potentially harm the relationships forged through this experience.
Each state is unique, we know how tough it is to get nursing legislation by the opposition. ANPA worked tirelessly for the past six years and spent countless hours working with legislators, stakeholders, lobbyists, various legislative nursing champions, and colleagues to get to this compromise. It is not the path we would have chosen or would have paved for ourselves, but never the less it is a path.
See our original post for points of interest in the compromise : https://anpassociation.enpnetwork.com/nurse-practitioner-news/212842-anpa-supports-hb1258
We humbly ask APRNs in Arkansas to please SUPPORT HB1258 or remain neutral. Before you reach out to your legislators, please reach out to us via legislation@anpassociation.org
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This bill will:
*Provide a path to prescribing without a collaborative practice agreement for NPs with 6,240 hours of practice (approximately 3 years).
*Provide an independent committee, with equal number of APRNs and physicians, to review and approve “full independent practice authority” applications
*Require the committee to provide a written explanation to any applicant who is denied.
*Require the committee to report to the legislature quarterly regarding applications approved and denied.
*Allow the committee to investigate complaints related to “full independent practice authority,” but NO other aspects of our advanced nursing practice.
*Guarantee regulation of our RN and APRN licenses and certificate of prescriptive authority (for prescribing within a collaborative practice agreement) remains under the control of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.
This bill will NOT:
*Allow full Schedule II prescribing. Arkansas will remain a reduced practice state.
*Put our practice under the medical board. Physicians will be on the committee and the committee may consult with the boards of nursing AND medicine if they have questions; however, nothing in this bill places the medical board in control of our practice.
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