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Hospitals and nursing facilities urge changes to respiratory-care bill over LVN scope exclusions
Summary
Supporters of SB 1304 urged extending the Respiratory Care Board’s sunset and clarified training for expanded LVN respiratory tasks; hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and provider groups opposed the bill unless it includes SNFs and hospitals where LVNs already perform basic respiratory care.
The Senate Business and Professions Committee heard extended debate over SB 1304, the sunset-extension bill for the Respiratory Care Board, as hospitals and nursing-home groups pressed the author to amend the measure to include certain licensed health facilities among settings where licensed vocational nurses may perform basic respiratory-care tasks.
The author said SB 1304 would extend the board’s operations through Jan. 1, 2031, consolidate examinations, update exempt practice settings and revise fee structures. "The safety of medically fragile individuals is my utmost concern," the author said, and described the bill as a work in progress.
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