Support HB 2391 — End Supervision of Virginia’s CRNAs
Urgent action is needed in the General Assembly now!
Please contact the House Health and Human Services Committee today and tell them to support HB 2391, legislation that would end supervision of CRNAs in Virginia and expand patient access to safe, high-quality anesthesia care. This legislation is expected to come before the committee in the coming days.
Below we have a sample email and the email addresses of the Delegates that serve on the committee. Please contact them today and let them know to support HB 2391 and the impact it would have on you. Don’t forget to customize your email!
Contact information for the members of the House Health and Human Services Committee:
- Del. Mark Sickles (Chair) – [email protected]
- Del. Kathy Tran (Vice Chair) – [email protected]
- Del. Patrick Hope – [email protected]
- Del. Marcia Price – [email protected]
- Del. Cliff Hayes Jr. – [email protected]
- Del. Rodney Willett – [email protected]
- Del. Charniele Herring – [email protected]
- Del. Irene Shin – [email protected]
- Del. Joshua Cole – [email protected]
- Del. Rozia Henson – [email protected]
- Del. Debra Gardner – [email protected]
- Del. JJ Singh – [email protected]
- Del. Robert Orrock – [email protected]
- Del. Keith Hodges – [email protected]
- Del. Wendell Walker – [email protected]
- Del. Mike Cherry – [email protected]
- Del. Phillip Scott – [email protected]
- Del. Otto Wachsmann – [email protected]
- Del. Kim Taylor – [email protected]
- Del. Baxter Ennis – [email protected]
- Del. Geary Higgins – [email protected]
- Del. David Owen – [email protected]
Sample subject line: Support HB 2391 to Empower Virginia’s CRNAs
Sample email:
Dear Delegate,
As a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) practicing in Virginia, I am reaching out to urge your support for House Bill 2391. This bill would empower CRNAs to practice to the full extent of their education and training, expand patient access to care, and help address Virginia’s healthcare workforce shortage.
Virginia uniquely subjects CRNAs, unlike every other category of Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), to supervision by a physician, dentist, or podiatrist. This discrepancy is puzzling and compromises the high standard of care that CRNAs are trained to deliver. HB 2391 removes this barrier to practice and will allow CRNAs to practice to the full extent of their education and training.
The existing supervision requirement leads to inconsistencies in the interpretation and application of the law, resulting in a wide variance in patient care and access experiences. This creates hurdles for CRNAs and exacerbates the healthcare workforce shortage, particularly in rural areas where access to quality care is already a challenge. The 2024 report on Virginia’s anesthesia workforce from the Joint Commission on Health Care included a policy option directing the Department of Health Professions to develop a plan to transition CRNAs to independent practice.
By modernizing the language to allow CRNAs to practice to the full scope of their education and training, Virginia will not only align CRNA practice with that of every other APRN in Virginia but will provide hospitals and surgical facilities a better understanding of how CRNAs practice, resulting in greater uniformity in how the rules are applied and allowing facilities to maximize their use of all anesthesia providers. By removing the supervision requirement, facilities across the Commonwealth will be able to expand patient access to efficient anesthesia services. No patient should ever face a delay in care due to burdensome supervision requirements in state law.
I hope you will put Virginia patients first and expand access to anesthesia care by passing HB 2391.
Sincerely,
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