
04/18/2025
Folks, this is critical!! My patients need this bill to pass committee. If you or your family are treated by an amazing advanced practice nurse, YOU NEED THIS TO PASS!
Let me explain the gravity….
At this time, to treat the patients in my practice, I have to be connected to a physician for collaboration. If something were to happen to him (retirement, death, penalty by the TMB making him stop supervising), my patients are left without care. Immediately. Over night!
Patients that are needing mental health support. Patients battling post-partum depression. Patients struggling with suicidal thoughts. Patients that travel from over 200 miles away to see me because there are no mental health practitioners closer. BOOM. Left without care.
All because, by law, I have to pay a physician to chat with me quarterly and sign off on a chart a month for care that has already been provided. For lives that have already been saved.
This bill would remove this need! 27 states have already let go of these restrictive laws, along with the military and VA. Additionally, more states are in the pipeline to let it go!
Come on Texas!! Do better.
Please click the link and let your representative know you want these bills passed!!
As everyone prepares to spend the weekend with families, remember that HB 3794/SB 1859 is about putting patients, and families, first. Texas needs to allow APRNs to provide vital care to their communities.
The Texas House Public Health Committee could vote on HB 3794 next week. Take the time to share our letter campaign with friends, families, and neighbors, and urge them to send a letter on our Action Center.
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https://www.texans4healthcareaccess.org/take-action