Nurse practitioner practice without standardized procedures. The coalition organized by the CMA to defeat AB 890 is completing a series of meetings with key staff of legislators who sit on the Senate Business and Professions Committee. Those meetings conveyed the opposition to the bill from CMA and 9 specialty medical societies, including the CPA. AB 890 has been referred to committee, so the game is afoot. Please see the CMA key contact alert, weigh in to oppose this bill with your Senator.