The House Health and Human Services Committee unanimously passed bill 7740 which puts restrictions on sedation.  The representatives on the committee were not at all pleased about having to deal with this bill and felt that it should have been handled by regulation in the Department of Health.  The CRNAs seems to have burned a lot of bridges and spent a boatload of money to get this passed.  Luckily, with through close collaboration with Brown University Health, we were able to exclude PAs from the act entirely preserving the privilege for PAs to provide sedation in any situations they are trained and credentialed for.  The bill still has to pass the House and then onto the Senate where things could still fail to move forward.  Check back for further updates.   If you would like to watch the committee meeting, the recording is here.

Capitol TV Committee Video