SACRAMENTO–Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 890 by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa), a law that will allow nurse practitioners full practice authority through a transition-to-practice process, joining more than two dozen other states, Washington, DC, and the Veterans Administration that provide pathways to allow nurse practitioners to practice independently.
SACRAMENTO–Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 3012 by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa), a law that will provide several protections to homeowners recovering from a loss of their home due to wildfire.
SACRAMENTO–Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1710 by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa), a law that will grant pharmacists the authority to independently initiate and administer a COVID-19 vaccine once one has been approved and shown to be effective by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
“As we wait for approval of a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s critical that we prepare the infrastructure to deliver that vaccine to as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time,” said Wood.
SACRAMENTO–Today Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa) will present Surani Hayre-Kwan, a nurse practitioner (NP), with a resolution honoring her as Assembly District 2’s Woman of the Year. Every year each Assemblymember has the privilege of selecting someone to be honored who serves their community with dedication and distinction. The day typically includes personal recognition during the legislative session in the Assembly Chambers and a luncheon.
SACRAMENTO–AB 890 by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa) would provide full practice authority to nurse practitioners and is headed to the Governor’s desk for his consideration.
SACRAMENTO— Today Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa) announces that Del Norte Mission Possible, in Crescent City, is being honored as Assembly District 2’s 2019 Nonprofit of the Year.
SACRAMENTO–AB 890 by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa), which will provide full practice authority to nurse practitioners, now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee after passing its final policy hearing in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development on a 7-1 vote.
SACRAMENTO–Today, SB 793, a bill authored by Senator Jerry Hill that bans flavored tobacco products passed the Assembly Health Committee, chaired by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa).
“Senator Jerry Hill’s worthy and hard-fought legislation to ban flavored tobacco products, passed the Assembly Health Committee today with amendments to exempt premium cigars and pipe tobacco, products that do not target children,” said Wood. “This legislation will save lives and prevent our young people from taking up the deadly and addictive habit of smoking.”
SACRAMENTO--Today on the Assembly Floor I will rise to adjourn in the memory of Barry Sterling, co-founder of Iron Horse Vineyards.
Barry followed his dreams until he left this world on July 26, surrounded by family. A life well lived, he passed at age 90.
His dream took an indirect route. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 1952 in the same class as future Supreme Court justices and friends William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O’Connor.
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