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Dear TNP Presidents’ Council,
I’m happy to share that our house full practice bill, HB 1792, has been scheduled for a public hearing this Thursday, April 4! Our APRN expedited licensure bill, HB 912, has also been scheduled for the same day and we are looking for a testifier for this bill.
We’re busy preparing testimony and prepping for the full practice hearing, and we’ve identified a very small group of testifiers (this Committee has shown a clear dislike for lengthy hearings and testimonies, so we’re trying to keep our testimony list as small and laser focused as possible). If you plan to attend the hearing in person, let me know and I will follow up with instructions for how your Affiliate can register in support of H.B. 1792 for the official Texas witness registration system and have your group’s name listed in the official record. Again, this would be to register in support of the bill, but not registering to testify. This actually carries a lot of weight because when the Committee report is filed, it will list all of the supporting groups and organizations, and I’d like to have our list show a robust representation of groups from across the state and across our broad based Coalition of supporters.
The other reason we are reaching out is because we are still struggling to find someone with a lived experience/story who can testify on HB 912 and the need for an expedited licensure process for out-of-state APRNs. This would be a year-round expedited licensure process, not just during times of disaster, and would essentially fill a need until the state adopts the APRN Compact.
Does anyone know of an NP, friend, or colleague who moved from out-of-state and who experienced extraordinary wait times/delays in the processing of their Texas APRN licensure application? We had a couple of faculty members on hand for this bill, but the hearing coincides with the NONPF conference and now they are no longer able to testify on our behalf.
We only need to identify one, possibly two, testifiers for this bill, but we need to do so as urgently as possible. Please email or call me with any leads, ideas, or suggestions.
Thank you, and wish us luck this week with the hearing!
Best,
Erin Cusack
Director of Government Affairs
Texas Nurse Practitioners
4425 S. MoPac Expressway
Building III, Suite 405
Austin, TX 78735
512-291-6224 (ext. 202)
512-781-0053 (cell)