KNA Legislative Priorities 2020

SUPPPORT NURSING PRACTICE

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School Nurse in Every School, Every Day, All Day – KNA and other stakeholders are requesting $2.5 million in budget to obtain and educate school nurses.

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Workplace Safety – requires employers to define workplace safety, provide training for staff, provide internal reporting mechanism and analyze for incidents of workplace safety problems.

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SB 91: Evacuation of Surgical Smoke – bill requires a workplace safety initiative to ensure a smoke evacuation system is in place during surgical procedures.

 

HB 286: Removes the Collaborative Agreement for Prescriptive Authority for Controlled Substances (CAPA-CS) for APRNs after four years of prescribing controlled substances with a CAPA-CS.

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SUPPORT – TOBACCO CONTROL/SMOKING CESSATION

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SB 56: Prohibits Sale of Tobacco to Youth Under 21.

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SUPPORT – BAN CONVERSION THERAPY
 

HB 199 & SB 85: Educates the public that conversion therapy is harmful to children and youth and requires licensure board disciplinary action for practitioners providing this therapy to those under 18 years old.

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SUPPORT – PATIENT/VICTIM PROTECTIONS
 

Increase Access to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) – requires hospitals to provide victims access to SANEs.

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KNA will continuously monitor filed legislation, designating bills on which it takes a position and communicating that information to its members and to the General Assembly. Contact: Sheila Schuster, KNA lobbyist, at 502-836-4222.

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