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Committee advances bill allowing nurses to delegate certain tasks to medical assistants in clinics
Summary
House Bill 327 would clarify that registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses may delegate non‑clinical tasks to certified medical assistants in provider offices. Supporters said the change recognizes current clinic staffing; senators asked for safeguards on training and delegation scope.
Representative Healy, identifying herself as the bill sponsor and a nurse, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that House Bill 327 clarifies that medical assistants working in provider offices may be supervised by nurses, including advanced practice registered nurses.
"This bill does simply put it into code that a nurse can oversee a medical assistant in this setting," Representative Healy said, describing medical assistants as distinct from certified nursing assistants, LPNs and RNs and noting that medical assistants often fall into a "black hole" of supervision rules.
Healy said the change is intended to reflect modern clinic staffing, where advanced…
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