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Bill would allow caregivers to assist with modern diabetic devices and other self-injectables in community-based settings
Summary
Substitute House Bill 1720 would expand Washington’s medication-assistance exception to permit caregivers in community-based care settings to assist residents with diabetic device setup and to hand injectable medications for self-administration beyond prefilled insulin syringes, the Senate committee heard March 13.
Substitute House Bill 1720 would expand the medication-assistance exception in state law to permit caregivers in community-based and in-home care settings to assist residents with setting up diabetic devices and to hand injectable medications for self administration, the Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee heard March 13.
Rohan Bhattacharjee, committee staff, explained the current definition excludes most injectable medications except prefilled insulin syringes. "The…
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