Protecting and advancing CRNA practice in California.
CANA's advocacy team represents California's nurse anesthetists in the Capitol, with state agencies, and inside the institutions that govern our scope. We defend the opt-out, protect CRNA practice authority, and make sure our voice is in every room where anesthesia policy is written.
Practice questions, authoritatively answered.
CANA maintains a living reference for the questions California CRNAs actually ask — scope, supervision, authority, billing, and the standardized-procedure framework. Searchable, sourced, and kept current by the Practice Committee.
Policy changes when CRNAs show up.
Grassroots is how CRNAs make sure the people making decisions about our practice have heard from the people doing the work.
Advocacy News & Updates
AB 876 (Flora) Passes Out of First Policy Committee Hearing
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, Emily Francke, CRNA, President of the California Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (CANA), issued the following statement in response to the California Assembly Committee on Business and Professions passing AB 876 by Assemblymember Heath Flora (R-Ripon) on a vote of 15-1: “We are thankful and encouraged by yesterday’s vote in the Assembly Business and Professions Committee to…
Read MoreCalifornia’s Major Labor Organizations Representing the Nursing Profession Support CANA-sponsored Bill AB 876 by Assemblymember Flora
(SACRAMENTO, CA)Â – Today, the California Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (CANA) announced support for its sponsored bill AB 876 by Assemblymember Heath Flora (R-Ripon) from the California Nurses Association / National Nurses United, United Nurses Association of California / Union of Health Care Professionals, and Kaiser Permanente Nurse Anesthetists Association. “We’re grateful for our colleagues at…
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CANA Commends California Board of Registered Nursing
CANA President Emily Francke, CRNA today issued the following statement commending the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) for their unanimous vote in support of AB 876 (Flora) during their board meeting on March 20, 2025.
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