Baker Act Bill will be heard in two committees this week. Please help! Call, Email or come to the committee meetings.

Posted over 13 years ago by Stanley F Whittaker

Dear Colleagues

HB1195 and SB1750 to allow ARNPs to Baker Act will on the agenda next week in the House and Senate.

Wednesday Feb 8 at 8 AM HB 1195 will be heard in the House Judiciary committee.

Thursday Feb 9 at 1:30 PM SB 1750 will be heard in the Senate Health Regulation committee. I will send room dates as they become available.

If you can come to Tallahassee to support we need you! Please consider trying to go. We also need emails to the Senate Health Regulation Committee. See below

Can you please forward this out to your groups and ask them if members can go to Tallahassee to support. It is especially important that we get support for the Senate side on Thursday.

Please reply to this email or call if you or a member can go. This bill has a real chance getting to the Governor.

Stan Whittaker and Mai Kung will be coordinating at the Capitol.

Sincerely,

Stan Whittaker, MSN, ARNP

850-545-8301

Please email the representatives on the Senate Health Regulation Committee and ask them to support (suggested letter below):

Dear Senator_______________

Please support SB 1750. This bill will allow ARNPs to initiate a certificate of involuntary examination for patients who are suicidal or homicidal. Florida law states that social workers, marriage and family therapists, law enforcement, physician assistants and physicians may issue this certificate. This law would add ARNP into the statute. This law is necessary because ARNPs are often the only primary care provider in rural, free and low cost clinics.

Thank you for your consideration of support for this bill.

Sincerely,
Your Name