CRNA; SCOPE OF PRACTICE                                                                H.B. 4359 (S-3):

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                     REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 4359 (Substitute S-3 as reported)

Sponsor:  Representative Mary Whiteford

House Committee:  Health Policy

Senate Committee:  Health Policy and Human Services

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Public Health Code to do the following:

-- Include in the definition of "prescriber" a registered professional nurse who held a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist when he or she was engaging in the practice of nursing and providing certain anesthesia and analgesia services.

-- Prescribe the scope of practice for a registered professional nurse who held a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist.

-- Allow a health care facility to adopt policies relating to the provision of anesthesia and analgesia services.

-- Require a health care facility to ensure that a registered professional nurse or the person employing the registered professional nurse maintained malpractice insurance if the facility used a registered professional nurse who held a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist to perform the anesthesia and analgesia services described in the bill.

-- Specify that the bill would not require new or additional third-party reimbursement or mandated worker's compensation benefits for anesthesia and analgesia services provided under the bill by a registered professional nurse who held a specialty certification as a nurse anesthetist.

MCL 333.17210 & 333.17708                                   Legislative Analyst:  Stephen Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  6-14-21                                        Fiscal Analyst:  Elizabeth Raczkowski

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.