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LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT

by Anna Small, Legislative Counsel

From the Florida Nurses Association

January 29, 2008

Please call or email the members of the House Health Innovation Committee to urge them toYES ON515, An Act Relating to Health Care in Medically Underserved Areas.

This bill will allow ARNPs who practice in medically underserved areas or with medically underserved populations, as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services to prescribe controlled substances, schedules II through V, in compliance with a protocol with a supervising physician. This bill has traditionally been very controversial and we have worked hard to get the bill in a good position to be heard.

The bill has not yet been placed on the agenda for a specificof the committee, but may be heard in the next few weeks. Since the bill has historically been controversial, we are unsure if we have the votes we need to get the bill out of the committee. We need your help to convince the legislators that the bill will IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE FOR FLORIDA'S CITIZENS.

Attached are talking points for the bill and the language of the bill.

The members of the committee are as follows:

• Rene Garcia (R. Hialeah)  (305) 827-2767

• Jimmy Patronis (R. Panama City)  (850) 914-6300

• Ari Porth (D. Coral Springs)  (954) 346-2810

• Jim Frishe (R. Bellaire Bluffs)  (727) 518-3902

• Eddy Gonzalez (R. Hialeah Gardens)  (305) 364-3066

• Ed Homan (R. Temple Terrace)  (813) 983-3330

• Maria Sachs (D. Delray Beach)  (561) 266-6645

• Franklin Sands (D. Plantation)  (954) 424-6800

• Will Weatherford (R. Zephyrhills)  (813) 558-5115

Please email or call these Representatives and let them know you want them toYES for HB 515. If you have a personal story which will illustrate why the bill is so important to improve access to care to all of Florida's citizens, make sure to tell the Representatives. If you are constituent of one of these Representatives make that clear as well.

For talking points about the bill, please click here. For the bill itself and the language of the bill, please click here.