Urgent TX Legislative Action Needed! NP's fight for autonomy

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Texas Nurse Practitioners need support for NP healthcare bills to be heard in Public Health Committee.

Some of you may know that Texas NPs are fighting for autonomy right now in the legislature. The Metro West NP Association has asked everyone to contact various reps who are on the Public Health Committee. Chair Rep. Crownover is under pressure to not even allow our bills to be heard in committee.

Here is a link to the story: https://ntnpmw.enpnetwork.com/…/77511-call-to-action-attent…-

HB 1885 and HB 1473, both by Representative Cecil Bell...These bills will greatly expand access to care into rural and underserved areas by removing the requirement that advanced practice registered nurses contract with individual physicians for the right to diagnose and prescribe – two acts that APRNS are educated and certified to do. ...

North Texas NP website has prepared message that they are requesting TX nurses to email to:

Chair: [email protected]

Vice-Chair: [email protected]

You can also contact Fort Worth Arlington NPs: Nicole Collier of Fort Worth as she is on the committee.http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/email/…

or Arlington's Bill Zedler

http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/email/…

Additional info:

AANP Commemorates 20th State to Grant Patients Full and Direct Access to Nurse Practitioners

Map of NP State Practice Environmentslisting Full Practice, Reduced Practice or Restricted Practice states.

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Hi, I added some links to the above post and hope Texas nurses will take the 2 minutes required to send an email to Public Health Committee requesting bills HB 1885 and HB 1473, be heard in committee.

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This is wonderful news. I was just telling my spouse over Easter dinner that when I get my NP, I would like to move out from Texas due to how they restrict nurses.

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The new Vice-Chair of Public Health is Elliott Naishtat. His e-mail is [email protected].

I did send an e-mail to both of them urging them to consider both bills in committee.

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Glad to see all of the support! The bills are going to either succeed or fail over the next two months and there won't be another legislative session until 2017. Now is the time to reach out to your legislators and let your voices be heard. This is an excellent source of information on the latest developments: https://ntnpmw.enpnetwork.com/nurse-practitioner-news

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