GNA Legislative Alert: Call to Action
Posted about 5 years ago by Charlotte Endemano
The time is come for us to leverage our collective voices by contacting members of the legislature.
Preceptor Tax Incentive Program (P-TIP)
- B 287- would revise the original law and change the benefit to a tax credit, instead of the current deduction. If HB 287 is signed into law, Physician Assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses who act as preceptors, along with MD/DO preceptors, would be eligible for PTIP.
- The current PTIP program was implemented in July 2014 and offers up to a $10,000 deduction for precepting medical/osteopathic, APRN, or PA students.
- Students require significant clinical training to be provided in community based settings by community based faculty preceptors. Community based faculty preceptors are not compensated for their time teaching students but do so as part of their personal commitment to the health care system.
- HB 287 would act as an incentive for faculty to serve as preceptors there by allowing for more students to complete their academic training, in a timely fashion and begin providing Healthcare to Georgia citizens.
ACTION: HB 287 will be heard by the House Ways & Means Sub-Committee on income Tax on Wednesday February 20th, 2019 at 1:30pm. Prior to this meeting we are asking members to contact the members of the Full Ways & Means committee (listed below) by phone, email or both to indicate your support for the bill and request a vote for it to be passed out of Ways & Means.
Committee Members
Harrell, Brett –Chairman
Carson, John –Vice Chairman
Rutledge, Dale –Secretary
Veterinary Technician Bill
- B. 76 - will change the title for Veterinary Technicians to Veterinary NURSE.
- We believe the title, “Nurse”, should be protected and limited only to those caring for humans. Nurses have worked for well over a century to build a standard of credibility for themselves. Polling shows that nursing is the most ethical and trusted profession.
ACTION: This bill was assigned to, and has since passed out of, the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs. We are requesting that members contact your State Senator (you can find your State Senator HERE) to indicate that you are not in support of SB 76 and request that they vote NO on this bill.
Stay tuned! As we will continue to update you on bills effecting the nursing profession.
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