The Committee on Health and Human Resources met this afternoon to consider the following.
House Bill 2186 ensures that a smoke evacuation system is in place to protect medical personnel during any medical treatment where there could be surgical smoke.
House Bill 2592 establishes a nurse staffing and safe harbor peer review process and creates protections for nurse licensure under the safe harbor.
House Bill 2993 licenses rural emergency hospitals.
House Bill 3166 permits a hospital to hold a patient experiencing a psychiatric emergency for up to 72 hours.
House Bill 3200 permits DHHR to transfer comprehensive community mental health centers and comprehensive intellectual disability facilities to regional mental health centers or regional intellectual disability facilities.
House Bill 3317 removes specific continuing education requirements.
