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. Continue to participate in Healthcare Reform Stakeholders group and appropriate subgroups. Monitor the implementation of the healthcare bill as it pertains to psychiatric pharmacists and provide input and feedback as appropriate.
    Metric: Attendance by Ray at meetings and in conference calls. Reports back to the committee and membership.
  2. Provide a brief report to the Legislative Committee following each meeting of the Healthcare Reform Stakeholders group or MTM subgroup meeting with any significant issues or issues requesting endorsement.
    Metric: Submission of timely reports to Legislative Committee.
  3. Increase reporting/information flow to the CPNP membership regarding CPNP’s legislative activities.
    Metric: A minimum of 1 WU post or e-news article per quarter on actions/activities related to legislative processes and pending legislation.
  4. Engage in discussions with NAMI and other specialty organizations such as the Hematology and Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) regarding potential areas of collaboration on legislative issues of mutual interest. Learn what they are doing regarding legislative activities and how they manage legislative issues.
    Metric: Minimum of 1 meeting with NAMI (usually at the annual meeting) and HOPA to develop relationships. Possible follow-through actions reported to and approved by the Board.
  5. Continue dialogue with APhA Foundation related to education for community pharmacists on depression treatment and management.
    Metric: A minimum of quarterly follow-up with APhA Foundation regarding agreed upon collaboration and exploration of other collaborative ideas. Discussion with Publications and Online Programming committee related to possibility of developing programming or publications in cooperation with other associations. 
  6. Develop member calls to action as appropriate to influence legislative agenda. 
    Metric: Develop 3-4 per year or number that makes sense given the issues.
  7. Contact other major pharmacy organizations such as APhA and ACCP to get permission to resend their relevant legislative updates to our members.
    Metric: Monitor their postings and gain permission in advance to use their updates.
  8. Identify ways for CPNP to engage in the Medical Home Model. Work with Ed Webb of ACCP and Tom Menighan to identify the role of CPNP in medication management and the medical home. Learn about PCPCC and identify the role of the specialty pharmacist.
    Metric: One or more phone calls with Ed Webb and Tom Menighan to start the conversation about the medical home.
  9. Provide information to the membership that they can use at the state level to advance pharmacy practice such as sample collaborative practice agreements, practice models, payment structure (lump sum vs. fee for services etc), and legislation from other states. Post on shared resources or other appropriate places.
    Metric: Post examples of each of these on shared resources.
  10. Contact Minnesota to find out how they got legislation passed for Medicaid reimbursement for medication management and share with the membership.
    Metric: Post on shared resources.

Charges to All Committees

  1. By June 30, 2011, as appropriate to each committee, appoint a liaison to the quarterly focus group to participate both as a CPNP member and as a representative of the committee’s interests.
  2. By June 30, 2011, submit committee recommendations regarding programming, workshops and roundtables to Program Committee. Note that all suggestions will be considered but not all can be accepted.
  3. Submit committee recommendations regarding possible member and non-member products and services to the Publications and Online Services Committee. Note that all suggestions will be considered but not all can be completed.
  4. Send a liaison to the quarterly focus group to participate both as a CPNP member and as a representative of the committee interests.
  5. Support The Mental Health Clinician by submitting timely content for publication as necessary, recommending relevant authors and sources as possible, and providing feedback as requested.
  6. As appropriate to committee efforts and planned scope of work, develop survey questions to include in the CPNP fall member needs assessment.
  7. As a committee and as individual members, support CPNP by:
    • Nominating individuals for leadership positions
    • Nominating individuals for awards
    • Contributing to and expanding the Shared Resources section of the website.
    • Participating in membership activities such as membership polls, the CPNP list, surveys, poster session, poster awards, etc.