Nurse practitioners; authorized to declare death and determine cause of death. (HB286)
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Passed Senate |
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Description
Nurse practitioners; declaration of death and cause of death. Authorizes autonomous nurse practitioners, defined in the bill, to declare death and determine cause of death; allows nurse practitioners who are not autonomous nurse practitioners to pronounce the death of a patient in certain circumstances; and eliminates the requirement for a valid Do Not Resuscitate Order for the deceased patient for declaration of death by a registered nurse, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who is not an autonomous nurse practitioner. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2022 | Committee |
| 01/11/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103683D |
| 01/11/2022 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 01/17/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB286) |
| 01/18/2022 | Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 01/25/2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) |
| 01/27/2022 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/27/2022 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/31/2022 | Read first time |
| 02/01/2022 | Read second time |
| 02/01/2022 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/01/2022 | Engrossed by House as amended HB286E |
| 02/01/2022 | Printed as engrossed 22103683D-E |
| 02/02/2022 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 02/02/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB286E) |
| 02/02/2022 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/03/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/03/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/16/2022 | Assigned Education sub: Health Professions |
| 02/24/2022 | Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/28/2022 | Read third time |
| 02/28/2022 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/02/2022 | Enrolled |
| 03/02/2022 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB286ER) |
| 03/02/2022 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/03/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB286ER) |
| 03/03/2022 | Signed by President |
| 03/11/2022 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022 |
| 03/11/2022 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022 |
| 04/07/2022 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 184 (effective 7/1/22) |
| 04/07/2022 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184) |
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