Committee approves amended anesthesia administration bill after multiple amendment votes

Mar 24, 2025

Committee members heard testimony from medical stakeholders and considered several amendment motions to Committee Substitute for S.B. 810 (clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia); the substitute as amended was adopted and the bill was reported to the full Senate.

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Committee Counsel Candace Kraus explained Committee Substitute for S.B. 810, which clarifies requirements for administration of anesthesia. With leave of the committee, Greg Foster (counsel, Board of Medicine), Dr. Justin James (President, West Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthesiology), and Dr. Amanda Deskins (Anesthesiologist, WV Society of Anesthesiologists) addressed the committee and responded to questions.

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