TEXAS ENA 2nd QUARTER COUNCIL MINUTES Board Members: Mary Leblond, President Lynn Kelley, President-elect Rhonda Manor-Coombes, Secretary Michael Hastings, Secretary-elect Steven Jewell, Treasurer Thomas Tierney, Director Marcia Fuller, Director Cam Brandt, Immediate Past President Barry Hudson, Parliamentarian ENA Board Liaison State Chapter Delegates Past State Presidents Committee Chairs Saturday April 11, 2015: 0900 1600 CALL TO ORDER ITEMS (10 minutes) AGENDA Texas ENA State Council Meeting South Padre Island, TX April 11, 2015 1. Call to Order...Mary Leblond 2. Invocation... Barry Hudson 3. Review of Roberts Rules of Order, Current Barry Hudson 4. Official Delegate Count... Barry Hudson A. Roll Call of Chapters 5. Approval of Agenda Vote Required.......Delegates Motion made to accept the agenda as amended. Second. No further discussion. Agenda passed. Page 1
6. Approval of Minutes Vote Required..Delegates A. January 17, 2015 Meeting Minutes Motion made to approve the minutes. Seconded. No further discussion, minutes approved/motion passed. 7. National Liaison.Jeff Solheim Jeff Solheim presented ENA s Q4 Dashboard. BOARD AND CHAPTER REPORTS -80 minutes 8. Board Reports (3 minutes allowed per member) A. Mary Leblond B. Lynn Kelley C. Rhonda Manor-Coombes D. Michael Hastings E. Steven Jewell F. Marcia Fuller G. Thomas Tierney H. Cam Brandt I. Barry Hudson 9. Chapter Updates (3min allowed per chapter)....delegates 10. General Introductions A. National Board Members Present B. Past State Presidents C. Committee Chairs D. Members and Guests E. Recognition of CEN, CPEN, CFRN, CTRN, and FAEN BREAK (1053 1105) ACTION SECTION Votes Required 11. Strategic Plan Updates......... Mary Leblond Strategic plan will be revised due to have grammatical and formatting errors. Corrected plan will be emailed out. 12. Treasurer s Report.....Steven Jewell Motion made to accept the treasurer s report as presented. Seconded, no discussion, treasurer s report passed. Page 2
13. Gala Awards at National..Steven Jewell Three Texas nurses - Mary Leblond, Kris Powell and Justin Milici have been selected to be fellows. The event will be the Friday night before the end of the conference. A recommendation was made that Steven was changed to purchasing 3 tables with the possibility of a 4 th table. Members were asked not buy ticket to the Gala without contacting Steven first. 14. Legislative Update 1. Legislative Report: The following laws and bills (either in the House, Senate or both) have the ability to impact nurses. This report is providing information on the status of the law or bill as it moves through the legislative process. a. Work place violence: while the law has been changed for ED nurses making it a felony in Texas to assault an ED nurse, efforts are being made to expand the bill and make it applicable for all nurses. The legislature has approved a grant in order to fund a study to determine the extent of the problem. b. There is a bill to require anyone who reports a physician to the medical board to be identified. This bill has not made progress out of committee. c. Notification of parents of school children when a nurse is not on the premise: this is the third time this has been brought forward. It has moved out of committee. d. Allowing APRNs to practice to level of their licensure: specifically would allow the APRN the ability to prescribe narcotics for palliative care It has moved out of committee. e. Nurse Identification: There is concern that DNP s and PHD s are confusing patients when they call themselves doctors. There is a bill requiring that health care professionals working in a hospital have their licensure spelled out such as registered nurse, nurse practitioner etc. There will be a great expense to redo all of the name tags and badges. The bill has been revised to allow a 4 year time line. This has moved out of committee. f. Anesthesiology Assistants currently are not licensed. MDs want this staff member to be licensed; MDs argue all staff in the OR should be licensed. CRNA s are very concerned about the potential role confusion. This has moved out of committee. g. Paramedics performing in the ER under the direction of a MD: the language of this bill has been changed to under the direction of a MD only in emergency situations in the room or close by. This has moved out of committee. h. Prohibition of texting while driving: This has passed in the Senate and going to the House i. Senate Bill 359 + House Bill 3677: allows a MD to detain person, who might be a danger, for 4 hours. This has moved out of committee. j. House Bill 2812: makes it illegal for MD (not a psychiatrist) to ask a patient if they have a gun or access to gun during questions regarding self -harm or harm to others. No movement on this bill Page 3
k. House Bill 956: children under the age of 2 should be put in rear facing child seats in the car. Size of the seat would be dependent on the length and weight of the child. Potentially could increase cost to parents since they would have to purchase a new car seat. This has moved out of committee. l. House Bill 1098 + Senate Bill 1462: would allow medical providers to prescribe naloxone hydrochloride (Narcan) for 3 rd parties who have family members, significant others, etc. who are drug abusers. This bill would allow the 3 rd party to give the naloxone while waiting for medical help to arrive. Bill would allow IM and inter-nasal forms of the drug to be prescribed. This has moved out of committee. m. Senate Bill 1608: Sunset of the licensure of respiratory and radiology technicians. No update on this bill as of now A motion was made to extend time 5 minutes. Second, no further discussion. Hearing no opposition, time granted. Courtney Edwards (IP Chair) A new bill to allow licensed medical provider to prescribe 3 rd party person to administer Narcan to members of drug use without penalty. House Bill 1098/Senate Bill 1462 House Bill 1098 and Senate Bill 1462 would allow for licensed medical providers to prescribe naloxone to 3rd party users, such as friend or family member of a high-risk individual, allowing for naloxone to be available when it is needed most. The bill would also encourage Good Samaritans to administer naloxone during an overdose by providing immunity from civil and criminal liability for any unintended consequences or outcomes. Bystanders who delay in call 911, flee the scene or abandon an overdose victim at the ER door have reported that they fear arrest or other legal consequences. Good Samaritan laws allow for the public to administer the medication without fear of recrimination. Motion from committee that Texas ENA support the bill. No further discussion. Motion passed. INFORMATIONAL SECTION (5 minutes each) 15. Secretary-elect. Mary Leblond/Mike Hastings The members were informed that our Bylaws does not have a provision for a vacancy for the Secretary-Elect position. A special election will be held in July for the position. Applications will be available online. The person elected to the Elect position will assume the role at the July meeting and also for the October meeting. 16. Chapter/Committee Liaison.....Mary Leblond Page 4
North Texas will be reassigned to Steven Jewell and Tarrant County will be reassigned to Lynn. Membership will be reassigned to Lynn Information retention is to be dissolved. Chair for Professional education will be sought. 19. Happenings at Nationals......Jeff Solhiem Jeff Solheim shared that ENA will be partnering with Helping Hands for a humanitarian trip to Cambodia. 20. ENA National Conferences Update... Mike Hastings The upcoming ENA conference will be a different setup. There will be more CE offerings this year than in past years. The opening night will be at Epcot. It will also be during the Food and Wine Festival. Concerns have been expressed back to national regarding the lack of information being provided to the members. General Assembly will be over three days along with educational offerings being offered in the afternoon. There will also be a track available for nurses who have been in the role for less than 5 years. New topics are being introduced to the program. 21. 2015 State and Chapter Activity Plan. Lynn Kelley There is still time to register for Day on the Hill on April 28-29. The deadline is April 17 th. Must contact Valerie for registration. 22. National Elections Update......... Mary Leblond 23. Chapter Updates...... Cam Brandt Suggested that there are a few chapters that are not adhering to the bylaws. How do we proceed? Mary would like to reach out to the chapters and provide guidance. We do not want to lose any chapters. According to our Bylaws, in order for a chapter to be in compliance they must: 1) attend one state Council meeting a year, 2. Must have a newsletter (a purpose of communication with members Facebook, webpage, etc.) 3. 501(c)(3) filing and 4). Must turn in a quarterly report. We have one chapter that is struggling. A spreadsheet will be created so that we can help those chapters keep up with the ir requirements; this is not a punitive action. Dissolving a chapter is very hard. 24. Website Changes... Rhonda Manor-Coombes Working with Gracie and Steven to get an outstanding bill paid from IMC Sites. There will not/should not be any interruption in the website. 25. State Council Achievement Award. Cam Brandt/Mary Leblond Page 5
26. Committee Reports (5 min allowed for each unless noted)..committee Chairs A. Bylaws and Standard Operating Procedures.. Dan DiDonato Motion from committee to present the ByLaw changes to the membership for consideration and vote July meeting. No further discussion and showing no opposition. Lunch noon A fundraiser was performed and $210 was raised for the Foundation. Committee Reports - continued Delegate Selection....Barry Hudson Delegate packets were distributed to the chapter delegates. Delegate assistance alternative Eliminate $599 delegate assistance check. Instead via the conference, rooms are $289 per night. Motion made to extend time by 10 minutes. Motion passed, one opposition. Hyatt room blocks $209 per night and no tax. Resort fee down to $9. In lieu of individual booking, TENA would pay for 3 nights per room. If, a delegate would like to stay over, they would be responsible for the additional nights. Additionally, if a delegate does not want to stay at the host hotel, they will not receive any assistance for any other hotel. Motion made to extend time by 5 minutes. Motion from committee is to eliminate the $599 stipend and go with the room block option. Abstained Kris Powell and Mike Hastings. C. Injury Prevention.. Courtney Edwards D. Professional Education..Mike Hastings E. Pediatrics.....Susan Raven Cam Brandt gave the report in Susan Raven s and Marcia Fuller s absence. F. Government Affairs.. Valerie Brumfield G. Meetings Planning......Ingrid Steinbach El Paso will be taken off the list for 1 st quarter 2016 Leadership meeting in January. Houston and Texas 10-59 has graciously accepted. H. Resolutions... Scott Stover Lynn Kelley gave committee report. I. Membership...Pat Yancey Red River deactivation is complete. Current membership total is 3495. J. Nursing Practice.....Kris Powell Page 6
K. Emergency Preparedness.....Jeff Carico Want to add clinical resources and drills in Member s Only section. L. Awards and Honors. Rendi Bonner M. Trauma.....Christine Russe N. Media/Press Secretary... Bobette Mayrant O. Scholarship.. Polly Johnson P. Information Retention. Rhonda Manor-Coombes Q. Elections Process. Cam Brandt R. Fundraising Committee.... Marcia Fuller/Tom Tierney 27. Member Open Discussion.....All 28. Meeting Evaluations...All 29. Complete Assignments Table...... Mary Leblond 30. Adjourn Assignments Table Item Assigned To Due Date Page 7