A Call To Action!!! Compact Bill Pending House of Representatives
Posted about 7 years ago by Sequoyah Brown
As previously announced, the Nursing Licensure Compact Bill (NLC/SB 166) has successfully passed the Georgia State Senate! This is great news for us but our work is far from done.
Crossover Day (Legislative Day 28) was Friday, March 3, 2017 and only 12 legislative days remain to get SB 166 out of the House Health and Human Services (HHS) committee and on to the floor of the Georgia House of Representatives for a full vote.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!
It is a vital imperative that the members of the House HHS committee hear from you, from the entirety of the nursing profession in our state, about the importance of the passage of this bill and Georgia becoming a part of the Nursing Licensure Compact.
Please see the complete contact information for the entire House HHS Committee listed below and consider emailing, calling, tweeting or all of the above, these legislators and indicating the need for them to give SB 166 positive consideration and passage so that it can be moved along onto the floor of the House for a vote.
***Talking Points***
Emails and Phone calls
- NLC will help to fill the need for nurses in rural Georgia.
- NLC will help military spouses obtain their license without undue delay- they typically have to wait between 4-7 weeks for their license to take effect. This means they are unable to work during that time.
- NLC will allow nurses to quickly cross state borders and provide vital services in the event of disaster.
- NLC will help meet the need to get nurse educators that typically have to purchase a license for every state in which they teach. This will help Colleges and Universities recruit other nurse educators to train Georgia nurses.
- NLC removes a burdensome expense for organizations that employ nurses and may share the expense of multiple licenses. This is why several organizations support the compact and want its passage like Piedmont, Grady, CHOA and the Association of Health Plans. In sum, there are more than 20 Georgia organizations that would like to see the NLC passed in Georgia.
- 25 states have already passed this legislation
- Any personal stories you that can be shared about how Georgia being a part of NLC can now make, or could have made, your experience as a nurse more pleasant is always encouraged.
- Ask that they give SB 166 the Nursing Licensure Compact Bill positive consideration and passage using the hashtag #PassTheCompact
WE MUST let our elected officials know that nurses are tuned in and paying attention to them as they make the decision about whether to, or not, take heed our calls for the advancement of the nursing profession in our state!
Call!….. Email!…. Tweet!…. And engage your co-workers and colleagues to join you in doing so, that we may display our ability to organize and engage when the future of our profession is hanging in the balance.
House Health and Human Services Committee
- Chair:
Sharon Cooper
Email: Sharon.cooper@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-5069
Twitter: @repsharoncooper
- Vice Chair:
Lee Hawkins
Email: lee.hawkins@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0213
Twitter: @blhdds
- Ed Rynders
Email: erynders@bellsouth.net
Phone: 404-656-6801
- Timothy Barr
Email: timothy.barr@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0325
Twitter: @patriotbarr
- Karen Bennett
Email: Karen.Bennett@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0202
Twitter: @kbennettcares
- James Beverly
Email: james.beverly@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0220
- Bruce Broadrick
Email: bruce.broadrick@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0298
Twitter: @bruce_broadrick
- Katie Dempsey
Email: Katie.dempsey@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-463-2247
- Demetrius Douglas
Email: Demetrius.douglas@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404- 656-7859
- Karla Drenner
Email: Dren16999@aol.com
Phone: 404-656-0202
Twitter: @KarlaDrenner
- Spencer Frye
Email: spencer.frye@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0265
Twitter: @spencerfrye
- J. Craig Gordon
Email: jcraig.gordon@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0287
- Buddy Harden
Email: bharden@planettel.net
Phone: 404-656-7855
- Matt Hatchett
Email: matt.hatchett@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-5025
Twitter: @jmatthatchett
- Michele Henson
Email: Michele.henson@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-7859
Twitter: @RepHenson86
- Scott Hilton
Email: Scott.Hilton@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0202
Twitter: @ScottHiltonGA
- Henry “Wayne” Howard
Email: wayne.howard@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-6372
- Rick Jasperse
Email: rick.jasperse@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-7857
Twitter: @RickJasperse
- Sheila Jones
Email: Sheila.Jones@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0127
Twitter: @repsheilajones
- Trey Kelley
Email: Trey.Kelley@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-657-1803
Twitter: @reptreykelley
- Jodi Lott
Email: Jodi.Lott@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0177
Twitter: @JodiD4lott
- Karen Mathiak
Email: Karen.mathiak@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0287
Twitter: @karenmathiak
- Billy Mitchell
Email: billy.mitchell@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0126
Twitter: @Repbmitchell
- Howard Mosby
Email: Howard.Mosby@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0287
Twitter: @RepMosby
- Mark Newton
Email: mark.newton@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0325
- Don Parsons
Email: repdon@parsons.org
Phone: 404-656-9198
Twitter: @don4georgia
- Allen Peake
Email: allen.peake@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-5132
Twitter: @allenpeake
- Jesse Petrea
Email: jesse.petrea@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-657-1803
- John Pezold
Email: john.pezold@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0188
Twitter: @johnpezold
- Betty Price
Email: Betty.Price@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0202
- Jimmy Pruett
Email: jimmy.pruett@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-7855
Twitter: @JimmyPruett
- Dexter Sharper
Email: dexter.sharper@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0126
Twitter: @dextersharper
- Deborah Silcox
Email: Deborah.Silcox@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0109
- Mickey Stephens
Email: mickey.stephens@gmail.com
Phone: 404-656-0265
- Pam Stephenson
Email: pam.stephenson@house.ga.gov
Phone: 404-656-0126