February 12, 2019

Slow and Steady Progress

Three of our bills of importance have moved another step forward. Here's a refresher on what happened last week.

CNS

HB2068, allowing clinical nurse specialists (CNS) limited prescribing, passed the House Rules Committee on Monday and AzNA expects it to be voted on from the floor of the House this week.

Workforce Database

SB1096, the health care workers database, has passed through the Senate with a unanimous floor vote. Thank you to all our nurses who took time to email a letter of support to their Senators. The bill is now on its way to the House of Representatives and will repeat the approval process.

KidsCare

SB1134 which will remove the automatic freeze on Kid's Care enrollment when federal funds decrease and appropriate money for that purpose, passed out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee by a 7-1 vote this week. AzNA is encouraged by the vote but expects there to be challenges ahead.

Get to Work!

We encourage you to contact your legislators and sign in in support of these bills.

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