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Send your letter by Sept. 8. |
Background:
Nurse practitioners play a pivotal role in expanding access to health care by providing primary and specialty care not only in hospitals but in physician practices, health centers, managed care organizations, retail or convenient care clinics, school-based health centers, federally qualified health centers, and ambulatory settings — many in medically underserved and rural areas. CHA-supported AB 890 authorizes nurse practitioners who meet certain requirements to practice without physician supervision in specified environments, broadening access to health care in communities that would not otherwise have primary care services.