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Bill to modernize nurse delegation draws support from long-term-care groups and concern from trial lawyers
Summary
House Bill 2425 would broaden nurse delegation, allowing certified nursing assistants and home care aides to administer certain subcutaneous medications and receive immunity when following delegation; long-term-care and nursing groups supported it for workforce reasons while justice advocates warned expanded immunity could limit patient recourse.
Kim Weidner, staff to the committee, summarized House Bill 2425: it would modernize nurse delegation by removing setting- and medication-specific restrictions, permit certified nursing assistants and home care aides to administer certain subcutaneous medications (including insulin and similar injections) under RN delegation, change training documentation expectations, expand limited immunity for delegated tasks performed "accurately," and require the Board of Nursing to adopt rules by July 1, 2028.
Representative Milin Tai (41st District)…
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