Call to Action from AANP - "U.S. Senate Committee Voting this Week on Key NP Bill: Please send a Letter! "
Posted 22 days ago by Ana Paula Harwood
Call to Action!
Please see below important message from AANP Director of Federal Advocacy, Jessica Talbert, asking APRNs to send a letter to your U.S. Senator regarding key legislation that will be considered in the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) this week.
"Please click on the Advocacy Center link below and send a letter to your U.S. Senator regarding key legislation that will be considered in the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) this week. I also ask, however, that you please not share it on social media."
On Wednesday, HSGAC is scheduled to consider S. 131, the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. This bill would modernize the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) to authorize NPs to certify and oversee the care for injured federal employees, consistent with state law. Under current law, federal employees can select an NP as their health care provider within the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). However, FECA only permits a physician to make the diagnosis, certify the injury and extent of the disability and oversee the patient’s treatment and care when the federal employee is injured on the job.
Again, please do not share them on social media.
Thank you.