WV HB4740 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-15 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 15 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-15 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to establish a nurse staffing and safe harbor peer review process. The bill defines safe harbor. The bill creates protections for nurse licensure under safe harbor. The bill provides for invocation of safe harbor protections. The bill establishes a withdrawal of request for safe harbor nursing review. The bill provides for when to invoke safe harbor and refuse nursing assignments. The bill establishes a Safe Harbor Peer Review committee and designates the makeup of that committee. The bill defines protection from civil or criminal liability under safe harbor. Finally, the bill defines the duties of CNOs/Nurse Administrators.
Title
To provide safe harbor peer review for nurses
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-15 | House | To House Health and Human Resources |
| 2024-01-15 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2024-01-15 | House | To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary |
| 2024-01-15 | House | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 18 | 1 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 21 | 18 | 2 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 21 | 18 | 3 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 21 | 18 | 4 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 21 | 18 | 5 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 21 | 18 | 6 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 21 | 18 | 7 | New Code | See Bill Text |
