Interesting- how the LA bill was passed

[silbenny]

---

Members do not see this ad.

Interesting to see how the Louisiana bill was passed throught the legislature. Most shocking "disappointing" was the family practice doctor's involvement.
Here's the article link

Below is a portion of the article.
"The original psychologist-prescribing bill was introduced on April 7, sponsored by Louisiana House Speaker Joe Salter (D). An identical bill was introduced on April 13 by Senate President Donald Hines, M.D. (D), who maintains a family practice while the legislature is not in session. With little discussion or debate and only minor amendments, the bill was passed by the House on April 19 by a vote of 62-31.

The next day the Senate received the House bill, and declaring it to be a duplicate of the Senate version, Hines deftly moved the House bill through the Senate chamber. On April 21 Hines used procedural privileges as Senate president to suspend the normal rules for considering legislation in an orderly manner.

When the president pro tempore, Diana Bajoie (D), attempted to offer an amendment that would have prohibited psychologists from prescribing to children, Hines dismissed the effort. He noted that as a physician himself, he could write prescriptions for children for the very medications in question, and he wasn?t required to have a master?s degree in psychopharmacology.

Hines called for a vote, and the measure passed the Senate by a vote of 21-16. In the end, only minor editorial changes and clarifying amendments were passed.

The bill went back to the House immediately, and, again with the rules suspended, representatives voted on it without any conference committee consideration. The House passed the bill by a vote of 68-30.

The final bill was signed by Salter on Thursday, April 22, and by Hines on the following Monday, April 26, starting a 10-day countdown for the governor?s action. In Louisiana the governor may sign passed legislation, veto it, or allow it to go into law without a signature.

Lobbyists for the state medical society and LPMA were so dismayed that they left the legislative chambers silently, shaking their heads. "

I love the part- if I can do it, so can anyone else mentality. perhaps he forgot the part where learning how to prescribe comes from going to medical school and residency training!?!

 

[devildoc2]

This guy must be in cahoots with psychologists. Thats the only explanation as to why he would sell out MDs.

He probably has an arrangement where psychologists give him kickbacks for patients that he refers to them.

 

[Svas]

This guy must be in cahoots with psychologists. Thats the only explanation as to why he would sell out MDs.

He probably has an arrangement where psychologists give him kickbacks for patients that he refers to them.

There may be another reason.

Devil, if you engage in some behavior that your peers/colleagues don't understant, do you want them to engage in slandering you in order to explain your motives?

Disagree and get angry, but don't regress to a level not fitting of the psychiatrist you are or want to be.

S

 

[JennyW]

This guy must be in cahoots with psychologists. Thats the only explanation as to why he would sell out MDs.

He probably has an arrangement where psychologists give him kickbacks for patients that he refers to them.

Or perhaps he realizes that alopathic medical education is not the only path to enlightenment.

Jen

 

[wundabread]

Or perhaps he realizes that Louisiana has a long and well documented history of corrupt politics.

I live in New Orleans, take my word for it.

 

[MacGyver]

Or perhaps he realizes that alopathic medical education is not the only path to enlightenment.

Jen

I doubt you apply that same logic to your own profesion.

If there was a bill passed that allow opticians to shortcut their way to O.D. credentials, you'd be outraged over it and fighting it tooth and nail.

Yes, I'm calling you a hypocrite.

 

[Svas]

I doubt you apply that same logic to your own profesion.

If there was a bill passed that allow opticians to shortcut their way to O.D. credentials, you'd be outraged over it and fighting it tooth and nail.

Yes, I'm calling you a hypocrite.

Your analogy doesn't hang well . . .


Psychologists don't want to be medical doctors. They don't want to be psychiatrists. They don't want to be nurses or physician's assistants. They want to be psychologists with the ability to prescribe medication. Only time will tell if they can do this safely.

S

 

[mdblue]

Your analogy doesn't hang well . . .


Psychologists don't want to be medical doctors. They don't want to be psychiatrists. They don't want to be nurses or physician's assistants. They want to be psychologists with the ability to prescribe medication. Only time will tell if they can do this safely.

S

Dr. Svas, I think MacGyver's make sense because we are talking of the end result and not the route. The bottomline is scripting power and the so-called med psychologists want to be reimbursed at a rate of MDs. 🙄 They after all this tons of articles showing efficacy of psychotx in psych d/o want to prescribe SSRIs and SGAs because that's where the pot of gold is. Sad, but it's true.
And please call spade a spade when you see one (e.g. LA bill and the way it's been passed)
regards 🙂

 

[JennyW]

I doubt you apply that same logic to your own profesion.

If there was a bill passed that allow opticians to shortcut their way to O.D. credentials, you'd be outraged over it and fighting it tooth and nail.

Yes, I'm calling you a hypocrite.

Not true at all. There is nothing magical and mystical about refraction. Where most ODs would object is that there is no health screening of the eye, which is a lot more legitimate of a concern than the OMDs who were trying to convince the public that ODs were somehow going to be blinding our patients with tropicamide, or killing them with patanol.

This probably isn't the forum for this tired old argument anyways.

Jen.