Legislative Guide to Governmental Affairs:
How To Make a Difference
This page contains the information and handouts you need to educate Texas state officials and their staff about APNs and our legislative issues. Before writing messages to legislators, please refer to "Writing Effective Letters to Legislators" and "Addressing Correspondence to State Officials."
New and Newly Revised Handouts
Prescriptive Authority Diagram
Proposed Legislation 2011
Organizations Endorse Allowing APRNs to Turn Health Insurance into Health Care
New Health Care in Texas: What Health Care Reform Means to Us
Debunking TMA Myths
2009 Map of Texas Counties Designated as Medically Underserved Areas
2010 Map of State Nurse Practitioner Prescriptive Authority
APNs Meet the Health Care Needs of Texans
Proposed Legislative Change: The Facts
State to State Comparison of APN Practice and Prescribing
Health Policy Experts Recommend Legislators Modernize Laws Governing APRNs
For a full list of available handouts, Click Here.
Articles for Study
The following resources are for information only.
Media Protocol
Sample Legislative Script 2010-2011
Addressing Correspondence to State Officials
Writing Effective Letters to Legislators
Communication and Grassroots Action
How To Find and Read a Bill
Key Committees for APNs
Legislator Visit Feedback Form (.pdf)
Online Research Resources
Personal Visits With Legislators or Staff
Questions You Might Be Asked
Documents for Distribution
The following documents may be printed and distributed to legislators, legislative assistants, and media representatives:
APNs Meet the Health Care Needs of Texans
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs)
Contributions to Health Care
Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs)
Contributions to Health Care
Nurse Practitioners (NPs)
Contributions to Health Care
Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs)
Contributions to Health Care
Comparison of Physician and APN Education
Comparison: RN & APN Functions under Current Law versus under HB 696 (delegated authority not site-based) and HB 1107 (Nursing Board-Granted Prescriptive Authority)
Diagram Illustrating Nursing, APN and Medicine Scope of Practice
Map of Medically Underserved Counties
Nursing Board-Granted Prescriptive Authority
Think Tanks Recommend Legislators Change Scope of Practice to Address Health Care Ills
State to State Comparison of APN Practice and Prescribing
Side-by-Side Comparison of APN Prescriptive Authority Bills - 2009
APNs Answer TAFP/TMA False Claims about SB 680 / HB 696
Mini Press Kit
Media Protocol
New Health Care in Texas: What Health Care Reform Means to Us
2009 Map of Texas Counties Designated as Medically Underserved Areas
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