[Maine-NPs] Big News - Senator Collins introducing bill

[Ray and Kathy]

Dear Maine NPs,
This is great news and a big step toward addressing the issue of NPs being 
able to order home health care.  We still need to send letters of support 
with examples of how it affects patient care to help get this passed, as 
well as letters or emails thanking Senator Collins and Priscilla for their 
work on this issue. Calls, letters, emails to Senator Collins and any other 
Congress people including those in other states will be very helpful. Thanks 
in advance for your help in supporting this bill.
Kathy Forti-Gallant


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <miki.macdonald at maine.edu>
To: "listserve" <maine-nps at nurse.net>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 1:18 PM
Subject: [Maine-NPs] Big News - Senator Collins introducing bill


Dear Maine NPs ~

BIG NEWS!!! Senator Collins is introducing the Medicare Home HEalth
Bill next week.  Please see email below from Priscilla HAnley from
Senator Collins' office.  Attached is the bill and her remarks.

Kathy Forti-Gallant and I will be meeting w/ Senator Collins on monday
and will thank her for her for doing this for us.  Please keep letters
going to her about this issue.  But now you can write and thank her
and give examples that help her illustrate to others why this is
important.

If you have NP friends in other states, please encourage them to
contact their representatives to support this bill.

I already called Senator Mikulski's office since I use to live in Baltimore!

Thank you all for support... We're getting closer!

Miki Macdonald, FNP
MNPA President
----- Forwarded message from Priscilla_Hanley at collins.senate.gov -----
     Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:12:50 -0400
     From: "Hanley, Priscilla (Collins)" 
<Priscilla_Hanley at collins.senate.gov>
Reply-To: "Hanley, Priscilla (Collins)" 
<Priscilla_Hanley at collins.senate.gov>
  Subject: FW: NP/CNS/CNM/PA bill
       To: miki.macdonald at maine.edu
       Cc: mnpa at flashmail.com

Miki...

    I wanted to make sure that you had a copy of the draft legislation
that Senator Collins is planning to drop early next week to allow
advanced practice nurses (nurse practitioners, clinical nurse
specialists and certified nurse midwives) to order home health care.
Also attached is a copy of the Floor statement that Senator Collins is
planning to give when she introduces the bill.  Right now we are just
waiting for sign-off from a lead Democrat cosponsor -- we have targeted
Sen. Kent Conrad from North Dakota and Barbara Mikulski from Maryland as
potential lead Ds.  Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon has also signed on as
an original cosponsor.  We also have letters of endorsement for the bill
from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American College
of Nurse Practitioners, the American Academy of Physician Assistants,
the American College of Nurse Midwives, the American Nurses Association,
and the National Association for Home Care and Hospice.

     I will keep you posted...

Priscilla Hanley




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