Please see below and thanks for your help ! Please call ASAP to
prevent this from going into the House.
All the best -

Please take 2 minutes to help with this. If this bill is passed you
would be severely limited to only seeing registered dieticians for
your nutritional purposes and supplement recommendations. Many
people such as homeopaths, Naturopaths, herbalists, etc would NOT be
able to provide any advice any more if these bills are passed - thank
you very much. Please call (512-463-0112) ASAP -

Colleagues and Friends,
The two Senate Bills, 989 and 1209, are currently
before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. They both
seek to mandate licensure of nutritional counseling in the state of
Texas and outlaw any naturopath or unlicensed nutritional counselor
from offering advice to any citizen for compensation. They
aresupported by powerful special interests.
At the advice of a leading national health
freedom advocate, we
are attempting to convince the Chairman of the Senate
Health and Human Services Committee, Sen. Jane Nelson, to not bring
these bills to a hearing. The best way to do that is to call her
number (512-463-0112) and express your and your family's opposition
to these deeply flawed bills.
This tactic apparently worked when we used it with the
House Public Health Committee Chair, it can work again. When you
contact her office, ask for the staffer who handles health issues.
Suggested wording is as follows:
"Hello, my name is ________ . I am calling to
express my and my family's oppositon to Senate Bills 989 and 1209. I
believe they are bad deal for health freedom for all Texans. Please
ask Senator Nelson to NOT allow these bills to be heard before the
committee, and to ask her fellow committee members to not support
either bill." Expect to be
asked for your contact information (i.e., address or
phone number).
PLEASE help us defeat these bills! Nothing less
than our collective right to choose who we see for health
advice is at stake. Thanks for your support.

Peter M. McCarthy, N.D.