Wow. Louisiana Legislature Votes To Ban AA's

athomas91 · Jun 9, 2004

:balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

jwk · Jun 10, 2004

http://www.lanacrna.com
Now the bill goes to the governor.
(P.S. Obviously I was wrong on the legislative issues. I guess Florida wasn't a bellwether decision afterall. Congrats to CRNA's on this one.)

So for 2004, we have:

Florida - YES to AA's

TriCare - YES to AA's

Louisiana - NO

Two out of three ain't bad - the two biggest out of the three! :chuckle

u-r-sleeepy · Jun 10, 2004

We need to get this bill (and its wording) to Jeb Bush before he signs his bill in Florida...! Someone - get on the phone! :) He really should look this over.

Sleeepy

gaspassah · Jun 10, 2004

jwk you are so sad man. those fires you mentioned your were trying to put out in louisiana just turned into an inferno. if this keeps up, ya might not get any other states....oops.

oh and tricare was not a total win, crna's came out just as good if not better.

URgettingsleepy · Jun 10, 2004

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire..we don't need no water..let the ..........

Sheri257 · Jun 10, 2004

So for 2004, we have:
Florida - YES to AA's
TriCare - YES to AA's
Louisiana - NO
Two out of three ain't bad - the two biggest out of the three! :chuckle

Normally I would agree with you, but I do think this is significant. It's one thing to stop a bill authorizing AA's. It's another thing to pass a bill banning AA's all together.

user69 · Jun 10, 2004

Does anyone know why the vote was so one sided? I was not so surprised about the outcome, but was amazed that it was a landslide. Just good lobbying on the part of the AANA or was it typical Louisiana politics?

Also, does anyone want to give odds that a new bill is put in next year to try and reverse the AA decision?

Sheri257 · Jun 10, 2004

Does anyone know why the vote was so one sided? I was not so surprised about the outcome, but was amazed that it was a landslide. Just good lobbying on the part of the AANA or was it typical Louisiana politics?
Also, does anyone want to give odds that a new bill is put in next year to try and reverse the AA decision?

Well, obviously I'm lousy at predictions. But my guess is that the Florida AA decision may have really motivated their lobbying effort. If you followed their website for any length of time, it looks like they put a lot of work into this and constantly rallied the troops. At one point, an AA authorizing bill did get of committee, so that may have motivated them further to try to kill this thing once and for all with their own AA banning bill.

The bill passed by very large margins in both the House and Senate. So, if anyone tried to overturn it the near future, it might be difficult.

:coollook:

jwk · Jun 10, 2004

Does anyone know why the vote was so one sided? I was not so surprised about the outcome, but was amazed that it was a landslide. Just good lobbying on the part of the AANA or was it typical Louisiana politics?
Also, does anyone want to give odds that a new bill is put in next year to try and reverse the AA decision?

How did it pass? By never letting the truth get in the way of the final objective.

And there's nothing that says another bill might not come along next year or the year after that would repeal HB 1290. All it takes is a better-informed legislature.

gaspassah · Jun 10, 2004

How did it pass? By never letting the truth get in the way of the final objective

bogus :rolleyes:

athomas91 · Jun 10, 2004

and ..... tricare ONLY allows the use of AA's in states where AA's are utilized....that means 2 STATES......so it wasn't really a big win....for AA's that is....

again - noone here is "anti" AA - we are just pro-CRNA ...as should be expected on a nursing website in the CRNA room.... :uhoh3: :uhoh3: