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House approves measures to track outpatient anesthesia events and require basic safeguards
Summary
Third substitute HB142 passed after sponsors and colleagues cited patient deaths tied to outpatient sedation; the bill creates an adverse-event database, informed-consent provisions and minimum emergency equipment requirements, with a three-year sunset for the provisions.
The House passed third substitute HB142 on Feb. 17, 2017, after Representative Kennedy introduced a package of measures aimed at improving safety in outpatient anesthesia settings. The bill directs reporting of serious outpatient anesthesia events to the Department of Health and the Division of Professional Licensing, requires better informed consent disclosures about anesthesia, and…
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