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SB 488 Certified nurse midwives; clarifies relationship with licensed physicians.
Introduced by: Frederick M. Quayle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Certified nurse midwives. Clarifies the relationship between licensed physicians and nurse practitioners, categorized as certified nurse midwives, as one of collaboration and consultation, rather than as one of supervision. The bill also directs the Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing to jointly promulgate regulations specifying collaboration and consultation to include (i) development, periodic review and revision of a written protocol, (ii) development of guidelines for availability and ongoing communications that define consultation among the collaborating parties and the patient, and (iii) periodic joint evaluation of services delivered. In addition, the bill also emphasizes that no person other than the certified nurse midwife who provided care to the patient will be liable for the nurse midwife's negligent, grossly negligent or willful and wanton acts or omissions; however, no other licensed midwife, doctor of medicine or osteopathy, nurse, prehospital emergency medical personnel or hospital will be exempt from liability for their own subsequent and independent negligent acts or omissions. A second enactment clause requires the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to promulgate emergency regulations to implement these provisions.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/06 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066523772 pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 062063800-S1 pdf
- 02/23/06 House: Committee substitute printed 064788800-H1 pdf
- 03/02/06 House: Committee substitute printed 062902800-H2 pdf
- 03/15/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB488ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/17/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/06 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066523772
- 01/11/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/02/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 062063800-S1
- 02/02/06 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/06 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/06 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/06 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 062063800-S1
- 02/06/06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB488S1
- 02/07/06 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/06 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/13/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/06 House: Read first time
- 02/13/06 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/23/06 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/06 House: Committee substitute printed 064788800-H1
- 02/24/06 House: Read second time
- 02/24/06 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to (49-Y 48-N)
- 02/24/06 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (49-Y 48-N)
- 02/24/06 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/24/06 House: Motion to reconsider refer to committee rejected (47-Y 49-N)
- 02/24/06 House: VOTE: RECONSIDERATION (47-Y 49-N)
- 03/01/06 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/06 House: Committee substitute printed 062902800-H2
- 03/03/06 House: Read second time
- 03/06/06 House: Read third time
- 03/06/06 House: Committee substitute from Health, Welfare and Institutions rejected 064788800-H1
- 03/06/06 House: Committee substitute from Courts of Justice agreed to 062902800-H2
- 03/06/06 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB488H2
- 03/06/06 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/06 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/15/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB488ER)
- 03/15/06 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/15/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/16/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/05/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 750 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/17/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750)