Take Action to Support Legislation Facilitating AB 890 Implementation for California NPs

Please visit CANP's Action Center to contact your legislators and respectfully urge their support of SB 1451. Your engagement will help ensure California’s communities, families, and patients – especially in underserved medical deserts across the state – can access the high-quality, timely care they need. 

PASS SB 1451 ACTION CENTER

CANP requested and secured the following provisions in SB 1451 (Ashby) to ensure the effective implementation of AB 890 (Wood, 2020) and improve access to care throughout the state. 

AMENDMENTS SECURED

CANP has been working diligently to address AB 890 (Wood, 2020) implementation hurdles so that California nurse practitioners can expand access to care as intended by the law.  That's why the California Association for Nurse Practitioners and the Close the Provider Gap Coalition are strongly supporting SB 1451, authored by Senator Angelique Ashby. SB 1451 includes language to ensure the full and effective implementation of AB 890 by:

• Recognizes "legacy certifications" for 103 NPs; 
• Clarifies experience requirements for Transition to Practice (TTP);
• Addresses physician liability concerns around attestation;
• Grandparents in NPs who may have had a break in their experience;
• Recognizes practice from other states; and,
• Clarifies disclosures that NPs must provide to patients.

On June 25, the Assembly Committee on Business and Professions passed SB 1451 on a vote of 13-1. The bill now heads to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.