AANP Federal Gov't Needs our NP Support for H.R. 6087 FECA Bill TODAY!
Posted about 3 years ago by Jean Aertker
Posted 6/2/2022
Dear Colleagues:
For those who provide WORKERS's COMPENSATION Medical Care (currently or in the past), we need you to write a brief note today and support the FEDERAL BILL filed to permit NPs & PA to serve as bonafide providers in FEDERAL WORK COMP illness and injury care - H. R 69H.R. 6087 will make this happen if we get the votes and we can help pass the bill! Introduced by Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT ) and Rep Timothy Walberg (R-MI) last fall, it has moved favorably out of the The Dept of Labor and Education subcommittee and needs our attention TODAY!
Read about the Bill and Track it Here! H.R. 6087: Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act.
In Florida, we are able to care for all state WC patients (jointly with physician oversight even if Autonomous licensed per statute) and many employees are patients enrolled in our practice, but unable to see us for any WC related injury or illness including Covid illness if they file. We should not be excluded from providing care to the federal employee due to outdated laws that need updating.This bill impacts over 3 million federal employees and more who cannot see a NP for their WC care!
Please stop and send a letter to AANP Federal office and explain why this bill is VIP to NPs!! Please do a letter today! governmentaffairs@aanp.org.
AANP MESSAGE SENT: As you may know, the House of Representatives' Committee on Education and Labor recently passed out of Committee H.R. 6087, the Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. This bill would authorize NPs and PAs to certify disabilities and oversee treatment for injured federal workers. Currently, only a physician can provide this care to federal employees under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA). As we work to move this bill forward in the House of Representatives, we are requesting that you share instances of times when FECA has been a barrier for you and your patients in receiving timely access to care for a federal workplace injury or illness. We are specifically requesting stories related to federal workers' compensation claims for federal employees (including postal workers). Please email your stories by Friday, June 3rd to governmentaffairs@aanp.org.
Thank you! We can do this!
Jean Aertker, DNP, APRN, FAANP
Co-Chair AANP Occ-Enviro Community
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