Legislative Committee

The Legislative Committee is responsible for participating in the Healthcare Reform Stakeholders Group (legislative coalition of major pharmacy organizations) and monitoring and providing input into legislative issues having impact on the CPNP membership and the psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy profession. Development of organizational positions and strategic alliances, monitoring, and grassroots communication plans are the responsibility of this committee.

You can review information on the current Committee Members and their Charges by downloading the PDF version.

Charges to the Legislative Committee

1.
Actively seek to participate in activities or committees that impact psychiatric pharmacy practice such as DUR boards, state Medicaid, or state or national pharmacy associations
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2.
Foster relationships with legislators at the state and national level, other pharmacy, healthcare, and mental health organizations. Carry the message of the value of the psychiatric pharmacist to all stakeholders with whom you interact
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3.
Suggest topics and/or speakers for the annual meeting to help educate and mobilize the membership
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4.
Monitor legislative issues at the federal and state level that affect CPNP
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5.
Network with other organizations who have similar interests
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Participate in calls to action as identified by the committee
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7.
Participate in the development of documents, statements, &/or toolkits to enable members to more effectively interact w/ the legislative process & legislators, administrators & payers to who you would use the toolkit to target
Due: 09/30/2012
Metric: Psychiatric Pharmacy 101 Document-roundtable at next (2012) AM on deploying this toolkit
 Current Year
8.
Assist in educating the government affairs consultant about CPNP and the needs of the membership as it relates to government affairs
Due: 05/30/2012
Metric: Meet with consultant by phone, email, and at the AM.
 Current Year
9.
Support the consultant’s efforts to identify CPNP’s legislative agenda and messaging
Due: 06/30/2012
Metric: Develop an agenda and messaging; highlight with membership via weekly update and/or other methods
 Current Year
10.
Obtain testimony from physician co-workers and patients to support our messaging
Current Year

Committee Reports

You can review the previous year committee report by downloading the PDF version.