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Filed for the 2026 Florida legislative session, HB 375 would allow qualified CRNAs to practice independently without physician oversight — a significant departure from the current collaborative-protocol regime. Florida is one of the most consequential states still in the partial-authority bucket; passage would push the count of fully-autonomous CRNA states past 24.
Reps. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA) introduced legislation to grant the ~1,100 CRNAs in the VA system full practice authority. The VA's 2016 APRN rule pointedly excluded CRNAs; AANA has pressed VA Secretary Doug Collins for inclusion in any future rulemaking. The bill is the most concrete federal practice-authority vehicle CRNAs have had in years.
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