A bipartisan bill was introduced this past week for NP independent practice in the state of Cailfornia. California is the only western state to not  have independent practice for nurse practitioners.  Read here about bill 890:

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB890

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