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CALL TO ACTION
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Public Hearing Held with the Joint Public Health Committee
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 10:00 AM Massachusetts State House - Room A-1 NLC Bill H01493 Text Link to Bill: http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/187/House/H01493 
Congratulations to Carol Gleason and Patricia Noonan, CMSA and CMSNE Public Policy Representatives who gave testimony for the NLC Bill
at the MA State House on September 20, 2011. Special thanks to all who have sent a letter to their representatives, please now consider sending a follow up letter and thank you for their support. Send letters in support of the Massachusetts Nurse Licensure Compact to key members of the
Joint Committee on Public Health. Show your support as a Nurse and Case Manager in Massachusetts. Print off and mail or send it via email, all the information is provided below. 3 EASY STEPS 1. Download pre-addressed letter below by clicking on the individual "Letter to..." link 2. Date and Sign the letter. 3. Print off and mail or electronically sign and email, just cut and paste your letter and send to email address provided below. MAKE IT EASY... CLICK THE LINK BELOW, COPY AND PASTE A LETTER INTO THE EMAIL AND SEND IT TO ALL THE KEY PLAYERS OF THIS BILL Letter to the key players Send a group email to all key players of this bill. Joint Committee on Public Health
Bill Petitioners:
Kay Khan, Email, Letter to Kay Khan Jennifer Benson, Email, Letter to Jennifer Benson Denise Provost, Email, Letter to Denise Provost Massachusetts State House Legislators Massachusetts State Senate Legislators BRING A PETITION TO WORK AND HAVE YOUR COLLEAGUES SIGN FOR SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATION. Download the petition here. Massachusetts Federal Legislators - House and Senate
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Reproduced from the CMSA Website: www.cmsa.org
Nurse Licensure CompactThe IssueNurse Licensure rules and regulations were formed when nursing was practiced primarily within the boundaries of one or two states. With the development of managed care, tele-health and mobile populations, nurses are frequently required to work with patients who travel or reside across multiple state lines. Unlike driver’s licenses, many state nursing licenses are not recognized by other states. The ImpactNurses and their employers are vulnerable to:
Most managed care employers do not cover these expenses leaving both the employer and nurses personally vulnerable. The SolutionNurse Compact Licensure. Twenty state boards of nursing have joined together to form a Nurse Compact in which participating states mutually recognize nurse licenses from other Compact states. The GoalTo clarify its position, CMSA has released its official statement on this important issue below: Read CMSA's Position Statement on Multistate Nursing Licensure The goal of the CMSA position statement is not to create an administrative nightmare or to create additional costs to organizations or to the US healthcare system. The purpose of the CMSA position statement is to alert and to encourage individuals and organizations to aggressively encourage the non-Compact State Boards of Nursing to join the Compact or to encourage federal legislation mandating recognition of nurse licensure across state lines. Read more about the ongoing issue at the website for the National Council for State Board of Nursing (NCSBN). Additional ResourcesCMSA has assembled the following resources to help policy makers better understand the issue of multi-state licensure and how benefit of Nurse Compact Licensure. For more information, please contact Ashton Randle, Government Affairs Dept, (202) 336-8272, or arandle@acminet.com. CMSA Position Statement December 2011 Article in MARN Newsletter regarding Mutlistate Licensure |
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