Massachusetts Society is hosting the 2014 Region 1 Meeting on April 5 & 6.  Check out the flyer for more info!

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The CLA survey was deployed earlier this week: http://survey.highroadsolution.com/votingmodule/s180/f/543947/17fa/

The survey has been sent out to over 88,000 in the ASCP database, with approximately 1100 responses rec’d within the 1^st 36 hours

At the last minute of Saturday August  31st, , Governor Cuomo signed into law an amendment (A6124) extending the NYS SED limited license deadline (which terminated on 9/1/13)  for another 3 years in order to provide individuals seeking employment in NYS and who do not meet the criteria for licensure, time to complete/meet any educational requirements to obtain the license.  The extension is set to terminate on 9/1/2016. Click on the link below to view the  language as written:

A6124

The 2013 Nursing and Allied Health Care Professionals Workforce Survey Report shows that the aging health care workforce and population, combined with health care reform, will increase demand for many health care professionals and expand the roles and necessary skill sets for existing professionals.  The report identifies areas where members are most challenged with recruitment and retention of nurses and allied health care professionals, including physicians, medical assistants, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

The 2013 Nursing and Allied Health Care Professionals Workforce Survey Report is consistent with national research showing that demand for health care professionals will continue to increase as more of the population becomes insured and accesses health care.  The aging of some professionals, principally registered nurses and clinical laboratory technologists, will also create more demand in those areas.  More information is needed to better understand the nature of some of the shortages that have been reported, and HANYS will advocate for strategies to address them.

HANYS and the allied associations continue to advocate at the state and federal level to address workforce shortages and prevent harmful mandates and regulations that impede the health care workforce.2013_nursing_allied_workforce_survey_report

This is the last call for members to submit to be HOD Delegates and Alternates
The annual meeting of the House of Delegates of the National Society for
Histotechnology will convene on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 in Providence,
R.I.

For more info contact litepath2000@yahoo.com

Dear Colleague,

The Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to consider the Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) bill that will provide fiscal year (FY) 2014 funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Although we don’t know when the House Appropriations Committee will vote on NIH funding, the spending limits in the House Budget Resolution could mean another 18 percent cut for biomedical research – below sequestration! NIH needs $32 billion in FY 2014 to prevent further erosion of the nation’s capacity for biomedical research and provide funding for additional grantees.

Please go to http://capwiz.com/faseb/issues/alert/?alertid=62750436 to email your Senators and Representatives today to urge them to support $32 billion for NIH in the FY 2014 LHHS Appropriations bill. When you are done sending your email, forward this alert to your friends and colleagues to make sure that the voice of the biomedical research community is heard across Capitol Hill!

Sincerely,

Margaret K. Offermann, MD, PhD

FASEB President