URGENT CALL TO ACTION!!
TPA’s Collaborative Pharmacy Practice legislation, HB2139 (Shepard) / SB1992 (Overbey), PASSED out of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee today, supported unanimously (7-0) as amended. THANK YOU to those of you who have contacted your Senators and urged them to support passage of this legislation! But our work is not done. The Senate version of this legislation will be voted on in a full Senate Session, which could be as early as Thursday morning, March 20, 2014.
Contact your Senators before Thursday and ASK THEM TO SUPPORT SB1992 and ensure collaboration of pharmacists with physicians and other prescribers as members of patient care teams.
HB2139, the House version of the Collaborative Pharmacy Practice legislation, is scheduled for the House Health full committee on Wednesday, March 19, at 1:30pm CT, in House Hearing Room 16. Below is the list of House Health Committee members.
If your Representative is listed below, please take a few minutes to contact them before Wednesday and ASK THEM TO SUPPORT HB2139!
If you cannot make it to the House Health Committee meeting in Nashville on Wednesday, you can view the committee meeting live by clicking on the following link: http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/videowrapper/default.aspx?CommID=860000.
TPA greatly appreciates your continued support and will continue to keep you informed as developments unfold.
| House Health Committee – Wednesday, March 19, 2014 – 1:30 pm | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nashville Office | District Office | |
| Bob Ramsey | rep.bob.ramsey@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-3560 | (865) 983-7370 |
| Ryan Williams | rep.ryan.williams@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-1875 | |
| Vance Dennis | rep.vance.dennis@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-2190 | |
| Barry Doss | rep.barry.doss@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-7476 | (931) 762-1531 |
| JoAnne Favors | rep.joanne.favors@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-2702 | (423) 624-5088 |
| Mike Harrison | rep.mike.harrison@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-7480 | (423) 235-6803 |
| Timothy Hill | rep.timothy.hill@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-2050 | |
| Darren Jernigan | rep.darren.jernigan@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-6959 | (800) 736-0925 |
| Gloria Johnson | rep.gloria.johnson@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-2031 | |
| Mary Littleton | rep.mary.littleton@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-7477 | |
| Gary Odom | rep.gary.odom@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-4410 | (615) 356-5096 |
| Barrett Rich | rep.barrett.rich@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-6890 | (901) 828-3637 |
| Cameron Sexton | rep.cameron.sexton@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-2343 | |
| David Shepard | rep.david.shepard@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-3513 | (615) 446-9782 |
| Tony Shipley | rep.tony.shipley@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-2886 | |
| Mike Turner | rep.mike.turner@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-3229 | (615) 847-0002 |
| Micah Van Huss | rep.james.vanhuss@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-1717 | |
| Tim Wirgau | rep.tim.wirgau@capitol.tn.gov | (615) 741-6804 | (731) 644-2020 |