OVERWHELMING SUPPORT
Patients, seniors, business leaders, health systems, rural communities and free-market advocates agree: Pennsylvania needs Full Practice Authority for nurse practitioners.
In Pennsylvania
Bucks County Woman’s Advocacy Coalition
Carlow University
Centre Volunteers in Medicine
Free Clinic Association of Pennsylvania
Geisinger Health System
Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health
Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Main Line Health
National Association of Hispanic Nurses, Philadelphia Chapter
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
Penn Medicine: the University of Pennsylvania Health System
Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses and Practitioners
Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
Pennsylvania Health Access Network
Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Pennsylvania Homecare Association
Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders
Pennsylvania Public Health Association
Pennsylvania Rural Health Association
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association
PinnacleHealth
Public Health Management Corporation
SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
UPMC
Viva Care Solutions
Temple University Department of Nursing
Woods Services
National
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
National Governors Association
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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The current bill number for Pennsylvania’s Full Practice Authority legislation is Senate Bill 25. Other iterations of the legislation have been Senate Bills 717 and 1062, and House Bills 100 and 765. National entities have specifically recommended Full Practice for NPs; some have additionally endorsed PA legislation.
