POST CROSSOVER DAY Call To Action on Nursing Bills

Attached is a list of the House HHS members and have noted which ones are physicians, etc. Please let me know if you are in HD 43 (east Cobb) or HD 178 (Blackshear / Waycross) or if you know nursing colleagues in these districts.

PLEASE SEND LOTS OF EMAILS AND CALL ALL MEMBERS OF HOUSE HHS, but DO NOT CALL from call/email the Committee Chair Sharon Cooper unless YOU LIVE/WORK in her district. If you live in her district contact me.

Talking points are listed below to include in your emails. It is also beneficial to call their office and speak with their legislative aid making your request. If you live in the district for one of the members, it is crucial that you make that known to them up front.

Talking Points:

SB 334: In order for the BON to execute its duty to protect the public by moving the board out from under the Secretary of State's office and providing oversight via DCH.

SB 351: GA is the ONLY state that restricts APRNs from ordering radiology testing; Increasing the number of APRNs that a MD can supervise is critical to increasing the healthcare workforce in rural areas.

SB 434: Because of the vital role of nursing in healthcare, the state needs state wide workforce data; incorporating into this board allows all healthcare worker data to be in one central location in GA.

Mock Email:

Dear Representative XXXX:
I am a nurse living in your district / I am a nurse working in your district OR

I am a nurse and am writing you today as a member of the House Health and Human Services Committee. As you are aware, there are 3 bills related to nursing that currently reside in your committee. I am requesting that you request that the chair of the committee schedule these bills for a committee hearing. These bills are:

SB 334, know and the Board of Nursing bill, which will allow the board to more fully execute its duty to protect the public by moving the board out from under the Secretary of State's office and providing oversight via DCH.

SB 351, known as the APRN bill, which will improve healthcare access across the state by allowing a physician to supervise up to 8 APRNs (thereby increasing the number of providers in rural communities) and by eliminating patient care wait times and inefficiencies in the ordering or radiologic testing. GA is the ONLY state that restricts APRNs from ordering radiology testing.

SB 434 will include nursing workforce data as part of the scope of the Georgia Physician Workforce Board. Because of the vital role of nursing in healthcare, the state needs state wide workforce data; incorporating into this board allows all healthcare worker data to be in one central location in GA.

I realize this is an election year and I appreciate your time and attention to these bills that are important to nursing. Thanks you for your support!

Sincerely,

XXXX name, credentials, other data you wish to share.

House HHS Committee members

Sharon Cooper (RN) Chairman sharon.cooper@house.ga.gov 404.656.5069 (only contact if you live in her district)

Hawkins, Lee (Dentist) lee.hawkins@house.ga.gov 404.656.0213

Rynders, Ed erynders@bellsouth.net 404.656.6801

Barr, Timothy timothy.barr@house.ga.gov 404.656.0298

Bennett, Karen (PT) karen.bennett@house.ga.gov 404.656.0202

Beverly, James james.beverly@house.ga.gov 404.656.0220

Dempsey, Katie M. katie.dempsey@house.ga.gov 404.463.2247

Douglas, Demetrius demetrius.douglas@house.ga.gov 404.656.7859

Drenner, Karla dren16999@aol.com 404.656.0202

Frye, Spencer spencer.frye@house.ga.gov 404.656.0265

Gordon, J. Craig (HC CEO) jcraig.gordon@house.ga.gov 404.656.0287

Harden, Buddy (Pharm) bharden@planttel.net 404.656.7855

Hatchett, Matt matt.hatchett@house.ga.gov 404.656.5025

Henson, Michele michele.henson@house.ga.gov 404.656.7859

Hilton, Scott scott.hilton@house.ga.gov 404.656.0202

Howard, Henry "Wayne" wayne.howard@house.ga.gov 404.656.6372

Jasperse, Rick rick.jasperse@house.ga.gov 404.656.7857

Jones, Sheila sheila.jones@house.ga.gov 404.656.0126

Kelley, Trey trey.kelley@house.ga.gov 404.657.1803

LaHood, John (Sr. Liv Owner) john.lahood@house.ga.gov 404.656.0188

Lott, Jodi (RN) jodi.lott@house.ga.gov 404.656.0177

Mathiak, Karen (Chiro) karen.mathiak@house.ga.gov 404.656.0287

Mitchell, Billy billy.mitchell@house.ga.gov 404.656.0126

Mosby, Howard (HC Admin) howard.mosby@house.ga.gov 404.656.0287

Newton, Mark (MD) mark.newton@house.ga.gov 404.656.0325

Parsons, Don repdon@donparsons.org 404.656.9198

Peake, Allen allen.peake@house.ga.gov 404.656.5132

Petrea, Jesse (Ass. Liv CEO) jesse.petrea@house.ga.gov 404.657.1803

Pezold, John john.pezold@house.ga.gov 404.656.0188

Price, Betty (MD) betty.price@house.ga.gov 404.656.0202

Pruett, Jimmy jimmy.pruett@house.ga.gov 404.656.7855

Schofield, Kim kim.schofield@house.ga.gov 404.656.0220 
Sharper, Dexter (Paramed) dexter.sharper@house.ga.gov 404.656.0126

Silcox, Deborah (wife of MD) deborah.silcox@house.ga.gov 404.656.0109

Stephens, Mickey mickey.stephens@gmail.com 404.656.0265

Stephenson, Pam pam.stephenson@house.ga.gov 404.656.0126