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Committee rejects amendment to remove optometry injection authority; omnibus health bill moves to general register
Summary
The House Health Committee considered a large health-policy omnibus (House File 2464, DE1-1) and rejected an amendment that would have removed optometrist authorization to perform certain ocular injections. The DE1-1 amendment package was adopted and HF 2464 was placed on the general register as amended.
The House Health Committee took up House File 2464 (DE1-1), a multi-article health-policy package that includes changes ranging from pre-hospital overdose-data sharing to optometry scope-of-practice changes and a renaming/expansion of the Higher Education Facilities Authority to allow issuance of bonds for health projects.
Representative Liebling offered the A2 amendment to remove the provision that would expand optometrists' scope to include several ocular injection procedures. She argued the change posed patient-safety risks because the record did not clearly establish standardized training and supervision for performing injections into eyelids, ocular muscles, and intraocular spaces.
“I really believe that if we pass the bill as is and allow optometrists who may or may not be trained ... we are really putting Minnesota patients at…
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