Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 160

Relating to: modifying administrative rules related to maintenance and use standards for oxygen equipment in nursing homes.

Administrative rules Health services, department of — Administrative rules Medical service Nursing homes and adult care

Introduced, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The Department of Health Services (DHS) has promulgated rules relating to

the maintenance and use of oxygen equipment in nursing homes. Under the current

rules promulgated by DHS, cannulas, hoses, and humidifier bottles, when in use at

a nursing home resident's bedside, must be changed and sterilized at least every five

days. Disposable inhalation equipment must also be replaced every five days when

in use and must be presterilized and kept in contamination-proof containers until

used. Finally, under the current rules, with other inhalation equipment such as

intermittent positive pressure breathing equipment, the entire resident breathing

circuit, including nebulizers and humidifiers, must be changed daily. This bill

modifies the current rules regarding storage, sterilization, and the timing of

replacement to require instead that the equipment be maintained and used in

accordance with current standards of practice and manufacturers'

recommendations.

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 16, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0