GAC . . .
Government
Affairs Committee
GAC is responsible to look at both state and federal issues that
affect health
care and nursing. ASPAN has GAC representatives
and each state has a representative.
The state representative is appointed to their term by the NYSPANA
President.
It is their duty to review pending legislation and
issues. This information is forwarded to District Presidents
to share with members.
A summary of legislative issues or concerns
is published in UP TO PAR.
The GAC representative attends the spring NYSNA legislative Day.
Our New GAC Chair . . .
The new Governmental Affairs Committee Representative was
approved recently by Carol Capps, NYSPANA President. She is
Nancy Salerno, RN, MS and a member of ASPAN and NYSNA.
She is interested in governmental affairs and has
amazing leadership potential.
Her work number is: 518-525-1415
Her e-mail is: Nancy2game@yahoo.com.
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Important Websites for
Government Information
New York State
Official Websites:
www.state.ny.us
www.assembly.state.ny.us
www.senate.state.ny.us
New York State
Nurses Association:
www.nysna.org
American Nurses Assoc:
gova@ana.org
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