Emergent Action Needed! Email all 56 GA Senators in ONE Email NOW "To vote YES to AGREE to SB 321 as amended by the House""
Posted about 5 years ago by Molly Bachtel
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Send Your Email Immediately!!!
We are hopeful that SB 321 will be passing the GA House ,possibly sometime today! IMMEDIATELY after that occurs the bill is headed over the GA SENATE for "AGREES", the Final Hurdle before the Governor's Desk for SB 321 to remove the APRN Radiology Barrier.
Please Act Quickly!
We need you to send ONE EMAIL TO THE 56 GA SENATORS (Will take 1 minute)
Subject Line:
PLEASE VOTE "YES TO AGREE"ON SB 321 as Amended by the House!
Email Message or use image below:
PLEASE VOTE YES to Agree on ON SB 321 as Amended by the House!!
"OPTIMIZE HEALTHCARE FOR GEORGIA CITIZENS"
SB 321 BRINGS PARITY BETWEEN PAs AND APRNs
KEY CHANGES IN SB 321 WHICH CREATES PARITY BETWEEN PA/APRNS INCLUDE:
- Increases the physician to PA supervision ratio to 1:4
o APRNs already have this ratio
- Allows APRNs to order advanced radiographic imaging in non-life-threatening situations when authorized by the physician protocol agreement
o PAs already have this authorization
o APRNs can already order advanced radiographic imaging in life-threatening situations
o Georgia is the ONLY STATE in the nation WITH THIS RESTRICTION ON APRNS
o This change was already approved by the House on Day 28 by a vote of 114 to 38 in HB 1092
See attached word document with
the 56 Georgia enators Emails:
Copy and Paste the emails into Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)