Ms. Perkinson represents the North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association, and today was their advocacy day, so 6 occupational therapists came to the legislative building to advocate for their wishes. I met Ms. Karan, an occupational therapist, and we had a meeting with Sen. Woodard.
We then watched a health committee meeting on the topic of telehealth. This hearing was crucial because the bill could then be gutted and amended. This bill was somewhat controversial because it also included other things like the Save act, which would allow Advanced practice registered nurses more freedom to become solo practitioners. Thus some groups like the medical society opposed some parts of the bill. Significantly, the bill would continue telehealth’s success at a state level.
Later, I went to the library in the Legislative Office Building (LOB) and browsed the selection of past bills, historical books of NC, and other documents.