Dear Colleagues,
Time is running out and we need your help to ask Senator Eleanor Sobel, chair of the Children, Families, and Elder Affairs committee, to place iSB 110 on the agenda. We would like to let her understand how important this is for patient access and care.
We are encouraging you to take a minute EVERY DAY to email, call both offices, and fax Senator Sobel's office. You may use the suggested letter below or tell her of your own experiences and frustrations regarding this barrier for patients. Our patients need care , let's advocate for them!
Together We Can Improve Health Care!
Senator Sobel's contact info:
2600 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, FL 33020 (954) 924-3693 FAX (954) 924-3695
410 Senate Office Building 404 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 (850) 487-5033
sobel.eleanor.web@flsenate.gov
Dear Senator Sobel,
I am writing today to ask you to agenda Senate Bill 110. As you know, this bill will help suicidal and homicidal patients access immediate emergency care through their nurse practitioner or physician assistant. SB 110 will allow nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to sign a certificate of involuntary examination under the Baker Act.
As we try to contain costs, streamline care and make our health care system more efficient, it is important that all members of the primary health care team be able to provide emergency treatment for patients. Adding NPs and PAs to the Baker Act statute will reduce the redundancy of having to get a law enforcement officer involved in signing these certificates. This saves resources, streamlines care, improves quicker access to emergency psychiatric care, and ultimately benefits the patient. This bill is especially urgently needed in Florida's rural communities and those communities that do not have enough primary care physicians.
Please agenda SB 110 and help us help the most vulnerable patients in our state
Thank You.
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