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Committee advances bill to clarify LPN role in delegated assessments
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 89 to the floor with a "do pass" recommendation after sponsors said the bill cleans up statutory language to make clear licensed practical nurses perform "delegated focused assessments" rather than the vaguer "contribute to" assessments.
House Bill 89, a measure to clarify how licensed practical nurses (LPNs may be assigned assessment tasks, was sent to the Senate floor with a "do pass" recommendation after a brief presentation and questions in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
Representative Healy, who presented the bill, told the committee the measure is meant as a straightforward cleanup of statutory language that currently uses the phrase "contributing to" an assessment. "In that very cautious wording, this may be the simplest you do see…
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