We are excited to inform you HB 1432, an act related to ARNP hospital privileging, passed the House of Representatives unanimously.  Here is a link to the bill https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1432&Year=2019&Initiative=false. Thanks are extended to all of you who helped move the bill forward from Rules Committee to the floor of the House for a vote. 

The bill will now be sent to the Senate for its consideration. The bill must have a hearing and vote in committee by April 3 to be considered fora  vote by the full Senate. If your senator is on the Health and Long Term Care Committee, please send your senator a message asking for the bill to have a hearing and executive action to pass it out of committee. Here is a list of members of the committee http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/HLTC/Pages/MembersStaff.aspx .

If you have any questions, please contact Louise Kaplan at kaplanla@juno.com.

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