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Senate advances bill to extend nurse-midwife sunset date to 2010
Summary
On Jan. 19, 2000, the Utah State Senate advanced Senate Bill 92, which would move the sunset date for nurse-midwife authority from 2000 to February 2010. Sponsor Sen. Julander said nurse midwives provide high patient satisfaction and there were no disciplinary actions in 33 years; the measure was advanced unanimously to third reading.
The Utah State Senate advanced Senate Bill 92 on Jan. 19, 2000, moving the measure to the third-reading calendar by unanimous voice and roll-call action. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Julander, would extend the statutory sunset date for nurse-midwife authority from the year 2000 to February 2010.
Senator Julander said the bill "moves the sunset date from the year 2000 to 02/2010," and summarized workforce data she said supported the change: "there are 75 practicing nurse midwives from Saint George to Logan with 10, specifically in rural areas of our state," and that nurse midwives offer "high patient satisfaction" and are "cost effective." Julander also stated nurse midwives have admitting privileges in hospitals and told the Senate there had been no disciplinary actions against them over the past 33 years.
After a brief exchange and a call for the question, the Senate conducted a roll call. The presiding officer reported the result as an affirmative vote—initially recorded as 22 ayes and later recorded by the clerk as 23 ayes, no nays, with six members absent. With that vote the bill was placed on the third-reading calendar; the transcript does not record final enactment or signature by the governor.
Senate action on Jan. 19 focused on advancing the bill for further consideration; the transcript does not record committee amendments beyond the sponsor's summary, nor does it show fiscal notes or detailed policy language debated on the floor. The next procedural step listed on the calendar is third reading, when the Senate would consider final passage.
