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February 3, 2017 Thank you! Next Conference Call: Dear AAO-HNS State Trackers, Thank you to those who could Thank you for your hard work over the first few weeks of the 2017 join our January call. Our next state legislative session. The AAO-HNS and your fellow colleagues call will be held Wednesday, greatly appreciate your leadership on behalf of the specialty. We will February 22, 8:00 pm ET. be issuing this monthly update after each of our conference calls. We hope you will find it a useful at-a-glance resource! If you are curious about your state’s legislative process, legislative history of an Upcoming Dates: issue, the Academy’s position on a topic, or anything else, please reach out to [email protected]. 02/01/17- Oregon Legislature Convenes Trending now: 02/06/17- Nevada Legislature Single Payer: State Trackers have identified Single Payer bills in Convenes Rhode Island and New Mexico. These bills often tie reimbursement 02/06/17- Oklahoma Legislature to Medicaid rates. Convenes 02/07/17- Alabama Legislature Scope of Practice: Physician Assistant and Dentistry scope of Convenes practice expansion bills have been identified in New Mexico and 02/07/17- Virginia Bill Crossover New York. Deadline 02/08/17- West Virginia EpiPens: The AAO-HNS issued a letter of opposition to New Jersey Legislature Convenes AB4094 in October 2016, which would have required Epinephrine 02/10/17- Iowa Bill Introduction Auto-Injectors to be sold as a single unit in the state. The bill passed Deadline the Assembly, but has not yet been heard in its Senate Committee to 02/10/17- Maryland Bill date. To see the Academy’s letter of opposition, please click HERE. Introduction Deadline 02/17/17- California Bill Definition of the Month: Introduction Deadline 02/23/17- South Dakota Bill “Crossover”: A "crossover" deadline is the last day that a bill may Crossover Deadline pass out of the chamber in which it was introduced and still be eligible for consideration in the opposite chamber. This day is usually 02/25/17- Virginia Adjournment a flurry of bills quickly moving. Do not be alarmed if you see a lot of Sine Die (first Adjournment) changes in your bill reports the next day. There are exceptions to this deadline for each state. Click HERE to find out your state’s crossover deadline! .

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