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Committee advances bill to allow nurses to supervise medical assistants in clinics
Summary
House Bill 327, which would explicitly allow nurses to delegate non‑clinical tasks to medical assistants in provider offices, was reported from committee with a due‑pass recommendation after supporters and a witness described delegation gaps in existing code.
The Senate Health Committee voted to send House Bill 327 to the floor with a "do pass" recommendation after members heard testimony that current law does not clearly allow nurses to supervise medical assistants in some clinical settings.
Representative Healy introduced the bill and said medical assistants "are different than CNAs, LPNs, RNs," and that the measure "simply puts it into code that a nurse can oversee a medical assistant in this setting." She said the change is…
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