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Committee advances bill allowing nurses to delegate tasks to medical assistants in provider offices
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee advanced House Bill 327, which would explicitly allow nurses to supervise and delegate certain non‑clinical tasks to certified medical assistants in provider offices. Supporters said the change reflects modern staffing models; some senators asked for clarity about delegation limits and certification.
Representative Healy told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that House Bill 327 would update code to reflect current clinical staffing models by allowing advanced practice registered nurses to oversee medical assistants in provider offices. "This bill does simply puts it into code that a nurse can oversee a medical assistant in this setting," Representative Healy said, adding that medical assistants are "different than CNAs, LPNs, RNs" and often fall into a regulatory "black hole."
Healy described the intent as clarifying supervision and delegation so medical assistants can perform routine tasks under nurse oversight without exercising independent clinical judgment. "So they can go in and they can obtain medical information...they can obtain…
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