2SSB 6220 -
By Committee on Health Care & Wellness
ADOPTED 03/05/2008
On page 5, after line 29, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 4 A new section is added to chapter 18.79 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) The commission, in cooperation with the department of social
and health services, shall develop a monitoring system for insulin
administered by injection by nursing assistants pursuant to a
delegation from a registered nurse made in accordance with RCW
18.79.260(3)(e). The monitoring system shall include information
reported by delegating nurses on the number of nursing assistants who
administer insulin by injection; the number of patients those nursing
assistants serve; the number of injections that have been administered;
the number, type, and outcome of any inappropriately administered
insulin injections; and other relevant information.
(2) The commission shall report to the governor and the legislature
on the findings of the monitoring system and any recommendations for
continuing or discontinuing to permit registered nurses to delegate the
administration of insulin by injection to nursing assistants in
accordance with RCW 18.79.260(3)(e). The report shall be submitted to
the governor and the legislature by November 15, 2012.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5 This act expires June 1, 2013."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Requires the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission to develop a monitoring system for insulin administered by injection by nursing assistants. The monitoring system must include information reported by delegating nurses. The Commission must report its findings by November 15, 2012. The act expires on June 1, 2013.