Capitol WatchTNP News House Hears Full Practice Bill, Rep. Darby Ends on Urgent Call to Action On April 14, TNP and members of the Texans for Healthcare Access Coalition testified on full practice bill, HB 3794.…Alonna McCaffreyApril 16, 2025
Capitol WatchTNP News Two TNP Bills Advance in the Texas Legislature In March, two bills on TNP’s legislative agenda, HB 861/SB 268 (Howard/Perry) and HB 1942/SB 1487 (Smithee/Perry) were scheduled for…Alonna McCaffreyApril 3, 2025
Capitol Watch New TMB Rules on Mandatory Complaint Notification: What NPs Need to Know Last fall, the Texas Medical Board (TMB) published a new proposal to overhaul the agency’s rules that included a new…Alonna McCaffreyJanuary 27, 2025
Capitol Watch TNP Testifies Before Senate Health and Human Services Committee On September 18, TNP testified as a part of the Texas Senate Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee Hearing on…Alonna McCaffreyOctober 4, 2024
Capitol Watch HHSC Makes Changes to Allow NPs to Order Telemonitoring The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) recently published proposed policy changes to Texas Medicaid Medical and Dental Policies. One…Alonna McCaffreyMay 30, 2024
Capitol Watch Senate Interim Charges Announced, Access to Care Charge Highlighted as Priority Earlier this month, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick announced the Senate interim charges. The interim charges, which are selected by the…Alonna McCaffreyMay 16, 2024
Capitol Watch TNP Hosts First-Ever Campaign School Primer for Texans Nurses On April 18, TNP hosted our first-ever campaign school primer in partnership with Healing Politics – a non-partisan organization dedicated…Alonna McCaffreyApril 25, 2024
Capitol Watch Policy Research and Grants Opportunities for NP/DNP Students So you want to run for office…now what? Join TNP and Healing Politics for a one-day campaign school primer designed…Alonna McCaffreyFebruary 15, 2024
Capitol Watch TNP’s Legislative Ambassadors, an End-of-Year Report This year, one of TNP's biggest accomplishments was the expansion of our legislative ambassador program, which is now over 200…Alonna McCaffreyJanuary 18, 2024
Capitol Watch DEA/HHS Extend Telemedicine Flexibilities On October 6, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the…Alonna McCaffreyDecember 15, 2023