APRN Titling Bill
Good News -- the bill MONA drafted changing the title
of APNs to APRN has been adopted by the Senate 34 to 0! We asked that
the bill be introduced by Senator Quick as a consent bill. Now that
it has been adopted it will go to Rep. Boehnen in the House. Please
send Sen. Quick a note of thanks.
SB 1255 Controlled Substances
Senator Dougherty agreed to sponsor this bill for us.
It does limit the prescriptive privileges to Schedules III, IV, and V.
We will continue to pursue privileges for Schedule II. We know this
year is the year of introduction and next year the year of work. Hopefully
the bill will be heard this Monday, March 15. I'm looking for a few
volunteers who could be available on short notice to come in and testify.
If you're interested please let me know at belinda@missourinurses.org.
We will help with your testimony. We will also be limited on the number
of who can speak. You may want to thank Sen. Dougherty for introducing
the bill.
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