Capitol Catch-Up featuring Melissa Sinden, Week 6

Welcome to Capitol Catch-Up week 6 featuring Advocacy Manager Melissa Sinden.

Watch the short video for Gold Dome updates. The text of her video is below. Happy Friday!

“This week at the General Assembly, the House unanimously passed HB 635, which would develop an effective review process for elder abuse. We thank Chairman Sharon Cooper for her leadership on this important legislation. The hearing for SB 351, which would afford full practice authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in rural and underserved areas was scheduled in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee this week, but the has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 20.

Also this week, two bills sponsored by Representative Chuck Efstration (HB 896 and HB 897), which would make technical corrections to the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings Act (passed in 2016) and the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (passed in 2017), passed unanimously out of the House Judiciary subcommittee and full committee.

"Finally, there is a volunteer teletown hall coming up next Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. ET. The topic will be the mid-term elections and you can submit a question prior to the call by emailing volunteer@aarp.org and there will also be time to ask questions during the call. You can join the discussion on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. eastern by calling 877-209-3531.

Next week, the Legislature is in session Tuesday-Friday and we will be back with another update."