Scope of Practice and Legislation Flashcards
Who has full-scope health care abilities?
Allopathic and Osteopathic medicine
What is true about optometric scope of practice?
It varies from state to state based on the laws created in each
What are the steps of a bill becoming a law?
1) a bill is born
2) committee action
3) subcommittee review
4) mark up
5) committee action to report a bill
6) voting by the full body
7) referral to other chamber
8) conference committee action
9) final action
Who can draft a bill?
Anyone, but only members of legislature can introduce a bill/sponsor it (usually one from each house and of different parties)
What happens in a committee?
a committee must examine the bill, if the committee doesn’t act, the bill is dead
What happens in a subcommittee?
Experts, public officials, supporters, and opponents can speak at the subcommittee– if they don’t report legislation to the full committee the bill dies
What are rhetoric appeals?
the art and study of using language effectively and persuasively; ethos-credibility, logos-logic, pathos-emotion
What is mark-up?
making changes and amendments prior to recommending the bill to the full committee– must involve bill writers/proposers– if it is changed extremely, the sponsor can pull the bill
What is ordering a bill reported?
the subcommittee reports on a bill and the full committee votes on its recommendation to the house/senate
What happens during voting by the full body?
After the debate and approval of any amendments, the bill is passed or defeated by the members voting
What are the best methods of advocacy for the POV of Senators?
In-person issue visits from constituents, contact from constituents representing other constituents, individualized postal letters and emails, phone calls
What is happens when a bill is referred to the other chamber?
the bill follows the same route through committee and floor action– the second chamber can approve, reject or ignore it OR change it (gets ugly) aka conference committee action
What does the conference committee do?
when the second chamber significantly alters a bill, the conference committee is formed to reconcile the differences b/w house and senate versions– composed of senior members of the standing committees that originally considered the legislation
Why is the conference committee bad?
Hard to manage, amendments can be added, restriction usually happens here– without an agreement the bill dies– with an agreement, the conference report recommends changes and both the house and senate need to approve the conference report
What is the final action for a bill?
When both the House and Senate approve a bill in identical form, it is sent to the president to be signed or vetoed
