BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 5709: Community-based nursing care

Concerning nursing practices in community-based and in-home care.

Summary

Allows registered nurses in in-home care settings to delegate nursing care tasks, including the administration of medication and tasks requiring substantial skill, to nursing assistants when the individual patient is in stable and predictable condition.
Allows registered nurses working for a home health or hospice agency to delegate the application, instillation, or insertion of medications to a nursing assistant under a plan of care.

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Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

AN ACT Relating to nursing practices in community-based and in-home care;

Passed March 13, 2003

Version voted on: SB 5709

49 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	24	0	0	0
Republican	25	0	0	0

How each member voted

Jan 28, 2004Senate Rules "X" file.
Jan 12, 2004By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jun 11, 2003By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jun 4, 2003By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 27, 2003By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Mar 14, 2003First reading, referred to Health Care.
Mar 13, 2003Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
Mar 13, 2003Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Mar 11, 2003Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 21, 2003Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 21, 2003HEA - Majority; do pass.
Feb 7, 2003First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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