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.  Our current representative is Barbara Ochampaugh from District 10.

The GAC representative attends the spring NYSNA legislative Day.

Important web sites for government information:

New York State official Web sites:
www.state.ny.us
www.assembly.state.ny.us
www.senate.state.ny.us
 
New York State Nurses Association:
www.nysna.org

American Nurses Association:  gova@ana.org