Historic Day for Georgia Nurses as RN Compact Passes the House (now SB 109)

Dear APRNs of Georgia,

In an exciting turn of events, yesterday, the RN Compact Bill (formerly SB 166) was added as a last minute Amendment to an EMS compact bill (SB 109) and successfully PASSED with A Strong Majority Voting in FAVOR of the Bill. APRNs of the Day were there to witness this HISTORIC MOMENT.  See Video Below to hear the Debate and Vote!!!

• All the visits, calls, emails, and tweets, you, as GA NURSES, made to your legislators to advocate for Nursing & Putting Patients First....really working on building a theraputic relationship with your legislators
• The APRNs of the Day who have helped NURSING have a Daily presence the the State Capitol throught the session, and especially in Senate and House and Human Services Meetings.
• Our APRN Groups and APRN Lobbyist working side by side with GNA Lobbyists and Leadership to have the "One Voice" Message
• Our Amazing RN Legislators Senator Renee, Unterman and Representative Jodi Lott who championed this bill 

• the FINANCIAL support of individual APRNs and APRN Groups, including UAPRN, across the state who have helped fund efforts to have an APRN lobbyist representing our interests every day of the session, as well as year round.

Please reach out and thank your legislators for supporting the RN Compact. Heartfelt personal thank you notes to your personal legislators that voted in favor of the bill, as well as Representative Jodi Lott, RN and Renee Unterman, RN would be a wonderful gesture. You can find their addresses at:
openstates.org

Want to do more to support Legislative Efforts?

We have many other bills we are still strongly supporting and monitoring in these last 5 days of the session, including two APRN Study Committee Bills (SR 188 and HR 388,), PA Schedule II Bill with APRN Language SUCCESSFULLY added Yesterday (SB 125), the PTIP Bill (HB 301), the Retail Health Clinic Bill (will improve/modify APRN to MD ratio to 8:1) among others.

• Participate in APRN of the day this year or next year, Sign Up APRN of the Day 
• Attend one of the Legislative Bootcamp Sessions, meet your legislators  in the off season, tell them about our Study Committee
• Making an individual contribution to CAPRN is a great way you can help support ongoing efforts for both Removing Barriers to Accessing Healthcare for your Patients and Barriers to your ability to practice as an APRN in Georgia.
• If every APRN in Georgia donated just $5, APRNs would have over $60,000 a year to spend on Advocacy and our Professional Lobbyist Fees. If you are an APRN organization or a local chapter that would like to support CAPRN in 2017 and haven't done so already please do so! Here is the link to the Legislative Support Page:

http://caprn.org/support/

Mailing Address:

Georgia’s Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses
1171 Lenox Circle NE
Atlanta, GA 30306

Here is the video of the bill passing, enjoy! 

Georgia RN Compact Bill House Passage Video

http://www.gpb.org/lawmakers/2017/day-35

The EMS Compact Bill SB 109 discussion begins at 1:23:13. 
The RN Compact Amendment is introduced at 1:37:12 . 
The vote for the Amendment then the Entire Bill begins at 1:59:30.