Bill Text: CA SB227 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 227 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Education finance: Local Schools and Colleges Voluntary Contribution Fund: personal income taxes: credits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-08-16 - August 16 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB227 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB227-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 227

Introduced by Senator Monning

February 02, 2017

An act to add Section 2860.8 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 227, as introduced, Monning. Vocational nurse: feeding tube services: neurodegenerative conditions.

Existing law, the Vocational Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians for the regulation and licensure of vocational nurses and authorizes a licensed vocational nurse to perform certain medical procedures under the direction of a physician and surgeon.

This bill would authorize a licensed vocational nurse to perform certain feeding tube services in a home setting for a patient with a neurodegenerative condition.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 2860.8 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

2860.8.

A licensed vocational nurse may perform the following feeding tube services in a home setting for a patient diagnosed by a physician and surgeon as having Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or any other neurodegenerative condition:

(a) Feeding.

(b) Hydration.