Supporters of Kansas APRN Legislation

Confirmed Supporters of Full Practice Authority for Kansas APRN’s 

American Association of Retired Persons, Kansas/National (AARP)

American Enterprise Institute 

American For Prosperity, Kansas Chapter and National (AFP)

Bipartisan Policy Center

Cato Institute

Cerner Corporation

Department of Veteran’s Affair, (Independent Practice for APRN legislated 2016 in all United States VA Health System) 

Federal Trade Commission Opinion “regulation of ARPN’s by physician’s risks decisions that serve physicians interests, discourages ARRN’s, increases cost of health care and suppresses innovation.”

Heritage Foundation

Josiah Macy Foundation 

Kanas Policy Institute

Kansas Action Coalition 

Kansas Chamber of Commerce

March of Dimes, Kansas Chapter

National Academy of Medicine  

National Council of State Board of Nursing 

National Council of State Legislators 

National Governors Association

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

24 States and Washington DC to date have passed Full Practice Authority, Governed by State Board of Nursing 

American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Association

Association of Nurse Anesthetists

American College of Nurse Midwives

Kansas State Nurses Association

Forty other nursing organizations across the county